from the pass-id,-indeed dept
Last year, it became clear that REAL ID was
dead on arrival as pretty much everyone was against it, and states were
refusing to implement it. With the changing of the administration, it seemed like REAL ID was finally going to die completely... but apparently not just yet. EFF alerts folks to the fact that the same concept
has basically been reintroduced under the name PASS ID, as if that would trick people:
The plan sounds equally as bad and unnecessary:
Proponents seem to be blind to the systemic impotence of such an identification card scheme. Individuals originally motivated to obtain and use fake IDs will instead use fake identity documents to procure "real" drivers' licenses. PASS ID creates new risks -- it calls for the scanning and storage of copies of applicants' identity documents (birth certificates, visas, etc.). These documents will be stored in databases that will become leaky honeypots of sensitive personal data, prime targets for malicious identity thieves or otherwise accessible by individuals authorized to obtain documents from the database. Despite some alterations to the scheme, PASS ID is still bad for privacy in many of the same ways the REAL ID was.
But why let that stop the gov't from coming up with more ways to keep tabs on you?
Filed Under: pass id, politics, privacy, real id, security
