New York Issues RFID-Encoded Drivers Licenses

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday September 17, 2008 @07:22AM from the tinfoil-hats-are-extra dept.

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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Relax good citizen by Entropy98 · 2008-09-17 07:28 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Citizens of New York who prefer not to carry an identifying RFID chip can still get an old-style license.

See, calm down, nothing to see here. Move along.

/sarcasm

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