Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 18:19:51 -0500 Subject: Re: Mandatory ID Cards (fwd) Damn, haven't they figured out that tatoos are cheaper and less prone to loss? Jim Choate wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:08:47 -0700 (PDT) > From: Eric Cordian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: CDR: Mandatory ID Cards > > MSNBC is reporting that Congress is thinking of requiring all citizens and > non-citizens in the United States to carry ID cards. > > It looks like the anti-privacy folks are going to do an end-run around the > encryption issue, and first attack anonymity. An interesting strategy, > and one which we should not let go unchallenged.