Hi Bill, As I understand it (we haven't gone to this in Oregon yet), the thumbprint on your DL is to help prevent identity theft. You can (if you're good enough) put somebody else's picture on the DL, but it's hard to replace the print. I think the one that I resent the most is the little rfid chip that stores like Walmart put on a big percentage of their high-end merchandise to track it. See this link:
http://www.greatdreams.com/rfid.htm and if you really want to get paranoid, go to: http://www.spychips.com/ They're probably reading this now. Oh no!!! I hear the jack boots coming!!! Agh-h-h-h-h-h-h........................................... Louise > From: bmixon...@austin.rr.com > To: texascavers@texascavers.com > Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:06:50 -0500 > Subject: [Texascavers] Big Brother > > Nobody has mentioned that we've had to give a thumbprint to get a > Texas driver's licence for at least ten years now. What the hell does > a thumbprint have to do with a driver's license, you may well ask. > Well, my understanding it that it was a federal mandate having > something to do with tracking down deadbeat dads who haven't been > paying child support. The magnetic strip on my current driver's > license probably won't work, because I've made a point of trying to > erase it, without any way to tell for sure that I have. Not that it > can be read remotely, but if anybody ever wants to scan it, I probably > won't be in a very cooperative mood. Nobody ever scanned the last one > I had. > > Of course, with the new driver's licenses we're supposed to be getting > soon, there will be a lot more irrelevant stuff on them. Probably > there will be some easy trick to disable the RFI chip in the new > licenses--something more subtle than drilling a hole through it. > > Of course, the more paranoid among us will never, ever use a tollway > pass....-- Mixon > ---------------------------------------- > A fearless man cannot be brave. > ---------------------------------------- > You may "reply" to the address this message > came from, but for long-term use, save: > Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu > AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com >
