New York Issues RFID-Encoded Drivers Licenses

JagsLive passes along the intelligence that New York has become the second state to issue drivers licenses with RFID tags (Washington was the first). The new "enhanced drivers licenses" cost $30 more than the old ones. They can be used instead of a passport for entry into the US by land or sea (not air) from Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Authorities say no personal information will be stored or transmitted by the chip, only an ID number that will be meaningless to anyone but DHS. Citizens of New York who prefer not to carry an identifying RFID chip can still get an old-style license.

Re:Residents, not citizens

[plague3106]

Actually they are; they yield only a portion of their sovereignty to the Federal government to keep the British at bay.

Re:Hold on..

[DerekLyons]

Does the tinfoil go shiny side in or shiny side out? You sound like an expert and I can never remember...

Re:remove the chip?

[ypctx]

You get to pick from lifelong vacation on Guantanamo and having the chip implanted (early adopter, you then have to tell people you did that volutarily). They also take all your amero money and prevent you from leaving the North American Union. I assume since you dare to ask such questions on internet, you already are on the no-fly list, so they just add you to the no-boat and no-train lists. On the contrary, if you choose the implant, you get a free foreclosed home (left by someone who had chosen the Guantanamo) and bunch of empty credit cards, so you can start a new life without such mistakes. Happy days!

Re:Not by air?

[Rob the Bold]

I don't know... I'm tempted to question why a driver's license is used as ID in the first place. It's a license to drive a car, but people treat it like it's a universal ID and everyone is supposed to have one.

Cause it's America. How did you get wherever you are to show your ID if not by car? But you do have a good point, and next time I buy beer I'm gonna pull out the dog license. Then again, the gun license might get free beer and an opportunity to witness my tax dollars at work.

Re:Residents, not citizens

[morgan_greywolf]

I think you need to look up the meeting of the word "state."

I think you need to look up the meaning of the word "meeting". And possibly the meaning of the word "meaning." And possibly understand the difference in pronunciation between the letters 't' and 'n'.

Re:optional for how long?

[morgan_greywolf]

In Soviet Russia, RFID chips come standard with YOU!!!!

No problem

[bizitch]

"Popcorn 1" on the ol' nuker ought to take care of that

Re:You'd be Wrong

[dotancohen]

In fact, if I recall correctly, at Defcon 13, they read an RFID token from at least 69 feet away.

That was only reported in the hope that there would be some sex-related joke to come out of Defcon. The real story is that they couldn't get more than 67' 4" out of it.

Re:You'd be Wrong

[omnipresentbob]

Now when you walk by a different reader, doubleclick knows who you are.

Oh no. You mean there will be targeted ads for stuff we might buy? The world will turn into a real life Amazon.com or Netflix, "Hello, Bob. You bought lingerie, hand cuffs and black duct tape last time. Similar buyers also bought whips."

Re:Please, Stop and Think

[XenoPhage]

Again, you assume you know how this works and rely on Minority Report/V for Vendetta moviethink. When the reality is so completely different I won't bother wasting any more time on it.

Yes, because we know that movie plots have never had a basis in reality. And books never predicted anything.. I mean, 1984.. what's up with that book? That'll never happen... ...

Right?

That's hilarious

[CustomDesigned]

So in the one instance where you *clearly* are not planning to drink and drive, you can't buy the liquor? Kafka lives on!