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Who Wants To Be An Oregonian?

Posted by chrisd on from the trust-us-we're-with-the-government dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "TheOregonian.com is reporting that an identity theft ring was caught with ownership of a set of CD's which contained records on every registered driver (~2.5 million people) in the State of Oregon. With all the calls for identity smart cards, federal databases, and better connections among existing state databases, this story should provide a real warning for the abuse such systems invite...by both criminals and the government itself...the records are actually for sale to 'approved' companies like news organizations and banks. The full story can be read here on yahoo as well."

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  1. WTF by _ph1ux_ · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Sorry to burst your bubble AC (BTW Why are we posting stories by ACs anyway - AC==CIA :P) but this is total .gov FUD.

    The point is that we shouldnt be Scared into accepting the national ID - especially from one of the most liberal states in the union - and that the national ID is Not Such A Great Idea(TM).

    I am sorry for all you smooth-brains out there but listening to crap like this is likely to get a bar-code on your fore-head. This is just lame. Period.

    We need to address the real problems - not just the "children" arguments that Hillary has been touting all this time - stand-the-fuck-up(R). Why dont we look at the fore-fathers and realize that it is time to dump the damn tea...

    This is BS - and all of us know it in our hearts. The problem is not solved by little fscking laws - but by a true transformation in our thinking. Politicians are not Geeks - and Geeks are not politicians - there IS A REASON FOR THAT!!

    And the reason is - Politicians do NOT HAVE OUR BEST INTEREST IN MIND. So FUCK CNN, MSNBC, NBC, BBC, ABC, ETC... read between the lines - and stand up for what is true and right.

    And dammit /. Show the DAMN STORY ABOVE THE REPLY SO WE DONT HAVE TO USE MULTIPLE WINDOWS AND THE BACK BUTTON TO QUOTE!.

    THINK!!!!!!!!!

    (*sorry but I am so tired of just sitting here and watching all the /. *elite* sit back and talk just the same FUD as DC people.)

    actually I am not sorry - this is getting fucking old fast. and I dont care if I get modded as a troll/whatever - define the state of things.

    let me know where I am wrong - as I dont see anything wrong accept for the state of the system. 1984.