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Article #713Re: U.S. National Identity Card (RFID) Coming in 2008
From: Joshua Putnam
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 05:14
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 05:14
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In article <rcc9g.187$mU6.77@trnddc07>, derjda@hotmail.com says... > > One would imagine that drivers licenses would operate in the same > > manner if they had RFID. The magnetic stripe already contains all > > (or nearly all) the information on the drivers license in digital > > form so I don't see why they wouldn't do the same with RFID. > > so, is there any way to deactivate the strip on the dl? i know putting > a cc on a magnet wrecks it. would it be the same for a dl? If I remember correctly, that's one reason my state, Washington, doesn't use magnetic stripes on drivers licenses, too easy to wipe the data, or even rewrite it. Our drivers license machine-readable data is optical-scan, not magnetic, and it's under the lamination, so it would be hard to innocently deface your license and claim you didn't notice it. -- josh@phred.org is Joshua Putnam <http://www.phred.org/~josh/> Updated Infrared Photography Books List: <http://www.phred.org/~josh/photo/irbooks.html>
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