I have no problem with making people prove their identity. Insisting that they do it in a particular way is what I don't like.
For instance, Bank of America and Wells Fargo are both monolithic corporate TIAMATs that I am not disposed to like... but. If you have your ATM card you can swipe it for teller transactions. It only makes sense really; if Chevron accepts this as proof of identity and funds availability why would the bank not accept its own authentication token. In fact, they can send that terminal the data for your card as if you had swiped it. The question then becomes whether you know the PIN. It's two-factor authentication, guys. Microsoft has an interesting project on identity as well, much as I disapprove of *them* in principle, also. Not to toot my own horn but I have spent too much time on this, and I don't have to read this article to know what it says: http://www.fusionauthority.com/news/4779-identity-matters-in-security.cfm?original_url=/news/4779-identity-matters-in-security.htm Or: Pharmacies are required to verify identity for certain prescriptions, I believe by federal law. In New Mexico You Must Have An Unexpired New Mexico Driver's License and Present It Every Single Time You Refill the Prescription. I've lived that one. Very last-century. In California I think they must scan the ID the first time they see it, because they never ask again and thereafter always know your name and what prescription is due for refill. It might be creepy if I had not approved it, but I set up the profile myself and as it happens it's convenient and saves a lot of random aggravation. That pharmacy better have a a good data loss prevention program though, or I am going down there with a pitchfork. On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am saying, in my opinion, there is nothing wrong with requiring ID > in order to vote (or even register to vote). > > Unlike some others, I consider voting to be a right, but that does not > mean you do not have to work for it a little. Want to vote? Get some > form of acceptable ID. I would also be willing to bet that those > people you claim live 50 miles from the nearest place where they can > acquire an ID also live about 50 miles for the nearest polling place. > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Matthew Small <chestypul...@beachbum.net> wrote: >>> >>> You're giving nothing but excuses, not reasons. >>> Now you're defending people who haven't got enough sense to get an ID card. >> >> It's very simple: you're advocating disenfranchising voters based on >> an arbitrary standard that has nothing to do with their legal right to >> vote. >> >> I could disenfranchise you in the same way. Watch: >> >> "Matt doesn't have enough sense to make a $1M/year in income. What a >> moron! We can't have slackers like him voting." >> >> Bam. No more voting for you slacker. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339252 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
