[IP] RealID: How to become an unperson.

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Ted Dolotta <Ted@Dolotta.ORG>
Date: July 6, 2005 1:53:10 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: NCOCHRANE@theage.com.au
Subject: RE: [IP] RealID: How to become an unperson.
Reply-To: Ted@Dolotta.ORG


    Similar to the procedure is already in place in New Jersey.  Almost
    a year ago, I received a notice from the NJ DMV explaining the new
    "6-point" NJ system:  valid US passport is worth 2 points, as is a
    birth certificate original and a current NJ photo driver's license.
    Other things (bank statement, etc.) are 1 point each, and you must
    present 6 point's worth of stuff, two of which must be 2-point
    items -- for a total of 4 documents (I'm doing this from memory --
    the notice is in my home in New Jersey, and I'm in Massachusetts).

    Ted Dolotta


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> From: Nathan COCHRANE <NCOCHRANE@theage.com.au>
> Date: July 5, 2005 9:10:44 PM EDT
> To: dave@farber.net
> Subject: RE: [IP] RealID: How to become an unperson.>
>
> In Australia, it is called "100 points identification", and has been
> around for more than a decade. Each identity document is assigned a
> points score, depending on how difficult it is to falsify (I guess).
> So a passport rates more highly than a birth certificate, a drivers'
> licence more highly than a credit card and so on.
>
> The problem is it is still stupidly simple to forge an identity.
> Using methods no more sophisticated than a dumpster diving and simple
> mail fraud, it is possible to get the necessary 100 points to
> impersonate someone else. You can even use phone bills to prove your
> identity -- just so long as all the documents add up to 100 points.
>
> The problem is not that you have to get 100 points (or a Real ID in
> the US case), but that once you have it, the false identity is secure.
>
> For those complaining that they cross this new ID hurdle, consider
> what it would cost you if someone impersonated your ID.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ip@v2.listbox.com [mailto:owner-ip@v2.listbox.com]On  
> Behalf
> Of David Farber
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 July 2005 1:40 AM
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> Subject: [IP] RealID: How to become an unperson.
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> From: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@rsasecurity.com>
> Date: July 5, 2005 10:47:35 AM EDT
> To: dave@farber.net
> Subject: RealID: How to become an unperson.
>
>
> Forwarded from the cypherpunks mailing list.
>
> Apparently, you can become an undocumented
> person in your own country now...
>
> Peter Trei
>
> "When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is
> not far away.  It is time to go elsewhere." - Robert Heinlein
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-cypherpunks@minder.net
> [mailto:owner-cypherpunks@minder.net]On Behalf Of J.A. Terranson
> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 6:34 PM
> Cc: cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net
> Subject: The Nazification Of America ("Show Me Your Papers" - Day 1)
>
> For those of you who may have missed it, today was the first day of  
> the
> new "Real ID Act", a/k/a, the American Nazification Papers Act.  I
> wouldn't have know myself except that I recently moved, and wanted to
> exchange my current Illinois drivers license for a Missouri one.
>
> Not so fast...
>
> "You have a passport?"
>
> "No, I don't travel."
>
> "A certified copy of your original birth certificate?"
> "Haven't had one since I was born, fifty years ago.  And since I was
> born
> about 1500 miles from here, getting one is no small task."
>
> "Too bad.  Your old license is invalid and you can't get another  
> one in
> any state, starting today, without at least one of the two documents,
> PLUS
> secondary ID to back them up."
>
> Even though I have a current license, and even though I am in their
> system
> as having held a valid Missouri license for 15+ years, photo included,
> none of it is good enough.
>
> OK, so I have no choice, I go to the post office to get a Passport -
> same
> thing.
>
> Fine, I'll just order the birth certificate and get it over with,  
> right?
>
> Wrong.  New York wants affirmative proof of identity for a copy now:
> passport or your [missing] original birth certificate.  Anyone else
> see a
> circular problem here?
>
> "I need a new birth certificate because the old one was lost about  
> forty
> years ago. And I don't have a passport to prove my identity."
>
> "Get your parents to testify who you are, and make sure they bring  
> their
> passports."
>
> "They are both dead."
>
> "Sorry Sir, I'm afraid we won't be able to help you then."
>
> <click>
>
>
> Durbin was right.  And he didn't even scratch the surface!  Anyone who
> thinks this "Real ID Act" is about getting false ID out of the  
> hands of
> "The Terrorists" is an idiot: they will simply print their own drivers
> licenses - this is about forcing the regular population to get used to
> intrastate passports.  This act essentially forces you to have a
> passport
> for everyday things like banking, car purchases and certain repairs,
> checks, etc.
>
> We have literally allowed the Nazification to begin, and we've even
> welcomed it with eager open arms - all in the name of "Fighting  
> Terror".
> Crystal clear, pure unadulterated bullshit.
>
> --
> Yours,
>
> J.A. Terranson
> sysadmin@mfn.org
> 0xBD4A95BF
>
>
> "Never belong to any party, always oppose privileged classes and  
> public
> plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain  
> devoted to
> the public welfare, never be satisfied with merely printing news,  
> always
> be drastically independent, never be afraid to attack wrong,  
> whether by
> predatory plutocracy or predatory poverty."
>
> Joseph Pulitzer
> 1907 Speech
>
>
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