THIS is just the tip of the iceberg. Some may not know it but FEDS are trying to mandate a national drivers license modeled after the new passports which will be soon required i think in 2008...they have microchips inside them...
here's what will happen with this...VERY simple scanners can be hidden in someones pocket that an innocent person standing in a airport terminal reading a newspaper could be scanning every person that walks by, store their information into their little palm computer, IPOD, or similar device, and then have all your information including digitized picture to VERY easily steal your information. Now compound this by the new licenses they want with the microchips and envision someone standing outside walmart, or at a supermarket checkout line and imagine how many people they could scan in just a minute. THOUSANDS.
You think identity theft is a problem now? wait.
I urge anyone that gets one of these new licenses or passports to completely wrap it in tin foil multiple times to protect yourself. By shielding these items with metal you will ELIMINATE this theft from happening. This is going to make it sooooooo easy to steal peoples information it's sickly pathetic and they know it too!
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