Schneier on National ID Cards, Key Escrow Locks, E-voting

Schneier's Cryptogram newsletter this month touches on a lot of subjects near and dear to our hearts: national ID cards, TSA-approved luggage locks, a cost-benefit analysis of stealing an election via hacking evoting machines, a nifty credit with audible security, etc.

Comments

Re:Hard to verify out-of-state ID cards...

[Anonymous Coward]

Anything that makes identity theft harder makes terrorism harder.

And terrorists would never use fake ID. No siree, coz that would be illegal.

Re:Hard to verify out-of-state ID cards...

[Anonymous Coward]

And would an officer accept an ID if you pulled it out of a bodily cavity?

Re:Hard to verify out-of-state ID cards...

[ianturton]

The last time I was in the States, a walmart clerk wanted to see my drivers licience before I could use my credit card. Since my GB licience is a piece of paper with out a photo, I knew from bitter experience this would take some time to explain, so I used my university ID card which has a photo and my name and "The University of Leeds" in very big letters.

Her reply "oh are you from out of state?" and then she managed to proceed with the transaction.

Ian

Re:Yes, and the devices collect the data

[theLOUDroom]

Why would they deny service to a paying customer?

Funny story:

Me and my friend go out to buy some booze. I get through line just fine. He's next and hands them his passport (he's Mexican).
The clerk stands there for a minute with a really confused expression on her face and then says:
"I'm sorry, we can only accept and American passport."

My friend responded:
I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY CITIZENSHIP JUST SO I CAN BUY ALCOHOL!

So after making them look like the idiots they were, he got to buy his booze.

I think it's a perfect example of how stupid things have become in America RE: alcohol.