Comments on: Who wants a national ID?

By: whoaaa

whoaaa — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:23:50 +0000

whatever. its a good idea

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:33:25 +0000

I do not see why everyone is having such a fit over this ID thing.

There are already databases that contain more information about you then you would beleive. The credit card companies!

So why is everyone so agienst the idea of a simple, uniform method of identification? It would seem to me that if everyone is that fearful of goverment then something bigger is wrong then just an ID card!

By: Supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation - Homeland Stupidity

Supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation - Homeland Stupidity — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:43:30 +0000

[...] the Electronic Frontier Foundation is at the forefront of the battle. Whether it’s the national ID card, digital rights management, online privacy or domestic spying, EFF is doing the hard work of [...]

By: Chew on this....

Chew on this.... — Mon, 28 May 2007 07:19:24 +0000

Each person has an individual formula. What about a formula ID that could be put into a device??? Or what about using DNA such as a piece of hair, dead skin or ect?? by putting it into a device???? This could solve a great deal of problems and also help Law Enforcement ID criminals ect…

By: Go for it!!

Go for it!! — Mon, 28 May 2007 07:12:36 +0000

A proper form of ID that cannot be abused would help lower crimes such as identity theft, murder, theft and so much more crime. There is enough crime already. The ID would be great if it were like a bar code. No one could turn that on or off. It would simply be used as a form of ID. No one could falsify it. This would also help the immigration issue. It could not kill you either. They could use vegetable dye and you could choose the color. This is only an idea.It is not meant to harm but, to help.

By: Beckweth

Beckweth — Thu, 24 May 2007 18:12:51 +0000

From what I’ve found looking into the REAL ID Act. No thinking person would EVER accept that bag of trash. Forget the bogus polls they are put out there to brainwash everyone else into buying it. The way the law is written, FATHERLAND SECURITY can change at a whim what biometric info will be required on these hackable ID’s (very hackable). IT WILL WIND UP INCLUDING EVERYONE BEING RFID CHIPPED(Radio Frequency ID).

It is all about tracking the masses. The RFID chips are radio frequency devices, THEY CAN BURN YOU. And when you become a useless eater, they can turn off your chip, and you are a non-person. Look into it – BIG BROTHER wants you!

By: eagle

eagle — Wed, 23 May 2007 20:54:09 +0000

Michael Hampton , thank you for allowing me to have space on your web to vent some of veiws, will keep you informed on the REAL-ID when it becomes a reality, ddh

By: geri

geri — Wed, 16 May 2007 18:29:54 +0000

This is the first step. Even if no biometric information is placed on this now it opens the door to doing it in the future. Once they get Americans to okay a national ID with a national database (this in itself should be scary enough for everyone to enthusiastically yell “NO!” at the top of their lungs) then they can lull them into one more step which they will say is an ‘improvement’ to the card that everyone has already approved of. Then another ‘improvement’, and another until, slowly, we have lost our liberty, our privacy and everything else that makes us Americans.

By: DHS: You’ll take a national ID and you’ll like it - Homeland Stupidity

Wed, 09 May 2007 06:33:45 +0000

[...] A recent poll found that most Americans support a national ID, but only if it doesn’t contain biometric data such as fingerprints or retinal scans. [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 May 2007 21:13:06 +0000

We’re screwed, people, we’re screwed. The government is just taking our money and doing whatever the f**k it wants.

By: Not Dan

Not Dan — Sun, 06 May 2007 10:39:17 +0000

Dan, while I understand your concerns, the fact of the matter is that having homogenous ID cards will not allow you to tell whether or not a card is fake or unmodified. Believe it or not, the fancy plastic cards used for drivers’ licenses, etc., can be duplicated with commodity hardware already.

By: DENNIS HORTON

DENNIS HORTON — Fri, 04 May 2007 12:31:34 +0000

TO PROTECT AN INDIVIDUALS CIVIL LIBERTIES, WE MUST FIRST PROTECT THEIR IDENTITY WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LIBERITY OF ALL. THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY THIS IS POSSIBLE AND THAT IS THROUGH BIOMETRIC SCANNING OF EACH INDIVIDUALS,IRIS,FINGERPRINT ECT.THIS SHOULD BE HELD IN A SEPERATE DATA STORAGE SYSTEM, NOT ON A CARD, AND SHOULD BE USED TO ID THE PERSON IN ALL FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS. WHEN SOMEONE CAN STEAL YOUR IDENITITY, YOU HAVE LOST THE MOST IMPORTANT CIVIL LIBERTY OF ALL. WHEN SOMEONE CAN TAKE MY IDENITY THEY ARE INFRINGING UPON MY LIFE TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AFRAID OF IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES BY HAVING THEIR FINGERPRINTS ON FILE HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE, THOSEARE THE ONES I WANT TO BE THE FIRST TO BE SCANNED. OUR SIGNITURE HAS BEEN OUR ONLY PROOF OF IDENITY, AND EVERYONE GIVES THAT WITH OUT EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT, TO BAD BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONE THAT IS STOEN THE MOST. WAKE UP AMERICA PUSH FOR A BIOMETRIC ID SYSTEM SO AT LEAST NO ONE CAN INFRINGE ON OUR MOST IMPORTANT LIBERTY, OUR IDENTITY!!!!

By: Leeela

Leeela — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:49:11 +0000

This is just incredible. History is repeating itself. One more step closer in our personal invasion.Remember how easy it was for Hitler and others like him to have access to the citizens records.Illiminating individuals based on their “supposed” lifestyles or political claims.Our politicians do not care whether or not we are safe.They think we are stupid and need to have decisions made for us. “Fear Mongering” is a political move to get you to comply.If you do not agree, they will find out and eventually eliminate you.Remember Hitler didn’t come into power over night.He gradually ate away at civil liberties.

By: Verbos

Verbos — Thu, 03 May 2007 15:52:34 +0000

Your Papers Please!

By: John R.

John R. — Thu, 03 May 2007 15:52:16 +0000

This is how bureaucrats think:

“It works like a national identification card because it will be used for identification purposes by the national government. It acts like one database because all the databases are linked. The standards are uniform across the nation. But, believe me, its not a national id card.”

A little honesty and a lot less double-speak would be refreshing.