[clue-talk] national ID card

[Dennis J Perkins]

> The biggest problem with the SSN morphing in to a de-fact national ID (as
> it already has), or any other unified identifier system, is that it makes
> the problem of ID theft far worse. The RealID is supposed to be much
> harder to falsify, but what that will mean is that merchants, etc., will
> be even more trusting of the fake ones. It's already far to easy to fake
> being someone over the phone just by spouting off a few easily obtainable
> data items. Considering how lax Xcel, Qwest, et. al. are in this regard, I
> don't see RealID (or a biometric SS card for that matter) making it any
> better.
> 
> And it isn't just merchants. I've already read articles about people
> getting incorrect diagnoses and treatment at hospitals because their
> medical records were messed up from someone "borrowing" their identity.
> 
> The fact that my medical records are accessible using the same "key" as my
> credit history is just incredibly stupid.
> 
> jed
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Multiple databases might be inefficient and inconvenient to the govt,
but it can increase your security by keeping important information about
you separate from each other.