Howard Dean's 'smart ID' plan; called for national ID card and ID's in PCs.

ZDNET ^ | 01/26/04 | Declan McCullagh

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

..."We must move to smarter license cards that carry secure digital information that can be universally read at vital checkpoints,"...

Halt!
Papieren bitte!

[highlander_UW]

Very interesting. Previously I could see why they'd want to inject an ID chip into one's hand...but the forehead didn't make as much sense. But if a computer is going to sense the chip for someone sitting in front of it the forehead makes perfect sense.

[A Navy Vet]

Dean's death nell.

[agitator]

"vital checkpoints"

STASI ALERT

[GrandEagle]

Embedding smart cards into uniform IDs was necessary to thwart "cyberterrorism" and identity theft, Dean claimed. "We must move to smarter license cards that carry secure digital information that can be universally read at vital checkpoints,"
I thought the old USSR was dead....
Scary

[skip2myloo]

Don't kid yourself -- all the other Dem candidates want it too (and some pubbies), maybe even Dubya and Ashcroft -- its just interesting Dean was stupid enough to tell the truth.

[EggsAckley]

....."Apple Computer, Dell, Gateway and Sony should be required to include an ID card reader in PCs...."

Hmmmm, why only these brands?

[GrandEagle]

all the other Dem candidates want it too (and some pubbies), maybe even Dubya and Ashcroft
I could easily see Ashcroft requesting this....

[JohnGalt]

What is funny is that the phonycons David Frum and Richard Perle advocate virtually the same thing in their book that was received well by the 'hawks' on this site.

And there is only one system that will do the job: a national identity card that registers the bearer's name and biometric data, like fingerprints or retinal scans or DNA, and that indicates whether the bearer is a citizen, a permanent resident, or a temporary resident... (pg 70)

I can only figure that Dean is going for the vulnerable neoconservative vote and the soccermom vote that just loves trading liberties for the promise of security.

[Viva Le Dissention]

I agree entirely with what you have said.

I am afraid this merely a matter of when, and not a matter of if.

[Izzy Dunne]

Why only these brands?

Read it again:
computer makers such as Apple Computer, Dell, Gateway and Sony...

[Liberal Classic]

``Constitutional principles of equality, liberty and privacy'' dictate a need for a national identification card and a state license to operate a computer? Newspeak doubleplus ungood!

[A Navy Vet]

You have a point.

[george wythe]

Don't kid yourself -- all the other Dem candidates want it too (and some pubbies), maybe even Dubya and Ashcroft

Correct.

Dean is just a loose cannon who speaks his mind, but he's not the only one for a national ID.

Besides, the current scheme of hooking up the state Driver's License with the federal Social Security Number has created a de facto national ID already.

[DMCA]

Nice way to kill Linux.

[stopsign]

You ought to here this. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1065381/posts?page=1
Phyllis Schafly and Michelle Malkin. :)<<me

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

It's all but inevitable now.

The window for escape is closing rapidly.
The sound of marching boots draws nearer all the time.

[petro45acp]

Guttural? Dean's scream falls into the range of "falsetto." It is the upper, non-chest range vocal performers use to gain a pure, simple, near sine-wave tone. There were entire operas (choral pieces) written during the Renaissance for adult male tenors who, before puberty, had been castrated. The resultant "castratto" tenor maintained that pure upper register with the added resonance of an adult nasal/sinus cavity (the ability to resonate and project = volume). I'm not suggesting Dean-me-boyo is a castratto (I wouldn't dare). Just an "oh by the way!"


If everyone in the country is inflicted with these cards, they will have to:

Remember a password to validate the info on the card.

Remember a password to edit and verify the value on the card.

Understand that the card is the primary token and without it, they could be cut off from services they "have a right to"

Recognize that even with a "security" chip on the card, if a computer is used to create it, a computer can be used to copy/recreate/abuse that very card.........as easily as though the dirt-bag had the card on his person.

Realize that a national ID card is not a way to control terrorists, but a way to control serfs!

Stay alert for this kind of lunacy. If it pops up in the current (hopefully future) administration, it needs to be crushed by a huge grass roots reply by way of email, postal mail, fax, phone calls, etc!