[clue-talk] national ID card

[Angelo Bertolli]

Sean LeBlanc wrote:
> On 06-29 10:53, Angelo Bertolli wrote:
>   
>> I think a national ID is fine as long as it's not required.  I'm not 
>> opposed to an opt-in national ID.  But I really don't see much 
>> difference between having a national ID and your drivers license anyway, 
>> except maybe they're less organized at the state level.  And what about 
>> people who don't drive?
>>     
>
> One problem is that giving out your SSN used to be (pre-9/11, not sure what
> happened since - I think Know Your Customer would override that at a bare
> minimum for banks) opt-in, too, with two exceptions, IIRC: 1. Under a
> subpoena, and 2. Taxes.
>
> Every other disclosure was supposedly "voluntary". Know too many people that
> put that into practice?
>   

The inconsistency bothers me.  I don't like the fact that places aren't 
supposed to use your SSN as an identification, but I haven't found a 
single University that doesn't.  But I don't know why it bothers me.