New York Issues RFID-Encoded Drivers Licenses

JagsLive passes along the intelligence that New York has become the second state to issue drivers licenses with RFID tags (Washington was the first). The new "enhanced drivers licenses" cost $30 more than the old ones. They can be used instead of a passport for entry into the US by land or sea (not air) from Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Authorities say no personal information will be stored or transmitted by the chip, only an ID number that will be meaningless to anyone but DHS. Citizens of New York who prefer not to carry an identifying RFID chip can still get an old-style license.

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Re:You'd be Wrong

[calmofthestorm]

Naah we'll just need to have a chip implanted in our right hand or forehead in order to buy or sell anything.

Anyone else getting some serious stupidity vibes from the fundies running this country?

*nerd rage*