[Vision2020] The 2008 Legislature and SB1427 - When Idaho Gave a Damn

[Ron Force]

That is an interesting question. How do you prove that you're the person referred to in the documents? Look at the number of people who got passports from a deceased person's birth certificate. There's no biometric data on driver's licenses (DL), SS Cards, or the US passport card, except for height, weight, & hair and eye color on the DL. Even the new "Biometric Passports" that the US is issuing have only an encoded picture and physical description. They're depending on facial recognition software to match the picture to the person. The EU is adding fingerprint info to theirs as well. Of course, privacy advocates are freaking out, particularly since the info is stored on an RFID chip, and could theoretically be stolen.

The FBI has my fingerprints on file, but who knows how long it would take to access them.

I hate to think that I actually resemble  my DL & passport photos, and they could be matched to me.


Ron Force
Moscow ID USA


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From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
To: Andreas Schou <ophite at gmail.com>
Cc: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Mon, May 24, 2010 2:40:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The 2008 Legislature and SB1427 - When Idaho Gave a Damn

Andreas Schou stated:

"Your driver's license is not proof of citizenship, nor is your social
security card. Your passport might be."

How true.  How true, Andreas.

So, then . . .

If I, Tom Hansen, were new to Moscow . . . say I moved here from
out-of-state . . .

If somebody were to call the Moscow Police Department reporting that "that
new neighbor of mine . . . I think his name is Tom Hansen . . . might be
an undocumented Canadian,", the MPD would be obligated to obtain documents
from me proving my citizenship.

If I didn't have documents to prove my citizenship, the Moscow Police
Department would place me in lockup until such time that my citizenship is
sufficiently proven.  Being new to Idaho . . . and from out-of-state . . .
that may take a while.

And the Al-Qaeda . . . They hate us for are freedoms, right?

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

- Unknown


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