Re: U.S. National Identity Card (RFID) Coming in 2008

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From: Gary Heston
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 14:16

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In article <-dadnaS5qbDqV_jZnZ2dnUVZ_t2dnZ2d@comcast.com>,
Anthony Matonak  <anthonym40@nothing.like.comcast.net> wrote:
  [ ... ]
>It's like how supermarket loyalty cards work. They record who
>you are in their database when you sign up and they give you
>the card with a unique ID. From then on, all they do is scan
>the card with that ID and they know who you are.

Haven't talked to many people who use those who loan their card
to other people, or who didn't think the supermarket really
needed their actual data, have you?

The database info is tied to the card. That tells them nothing
about the person holding it.


Gary

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From: gheston@hiwaay.net (Gary Heston)
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