I... don’t... like.. this...
If I squeeze the chip with a pair of Vice Grips, would it still work?
“I had no idea my wallet had gone into my microwave. Gee, my license looks fine to me. You mean it ruined some little chip thingie inside? Really?”
Note from the article that even CA legislature banned this chip and Ahnold vetoed the ban. What a maroon!
Stick the chipped DL inside a faraday cage (foil envelope) and it's useless to Law Enforcement.
More Reasons in Support of Civil Disobedience.
Chipped License and ID cards? Uh...NO! Not just “NO”, but “Hell, NO!”
These jackbooted thugs need to be made to stop these illegal, immoral assaults on the freedoms guaranteed to us by the Constitution.
I fear for the future of this grand experiment.
It’s time to take back the country.
Gee, one might think that with this kind of technology available, we might be able to effectively control...oh, I don’t know....WHO IS VOTING THAT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE VOTING.
To guard against voter fraud, we have nothing that works. For this Big Brother stuff, BAM, here it is.
This is not a defense of illegals but I would rather be up to my keister in Mexicans than have a ID card with a permanent bug in it.
I wonder how many seconds of time in the microwave will be needed to cook the circuitry out of the license without melting the plastic card itself. Seems to me about 5 seconds will do it.
15 seconds in a microwave should cook any chip.
Leave the license clipped to the sunvisor or in the glove box unless you’re going to need the id some where. Having said that, what totalitarian, 1984-brained idiot came up with this idea?
Naa.....
Never happen!
It would be too big an imposition on the illegals.....
Barry is the Antichrist.
We can thank the folks at MADD for this. Their relentless year after year program of eroding individual rights is succeeding.
“Enhanced driver’s licenses have built-in radio chips providing an identifying number or information that can be accessed by a remote reading unit while the license is inside a wallet or purse.”
I’m not sure about the ability to read these things while in your wallet. My experience with these devices is that they have to be very near the scanner. There is nothing wrong with a chip that contains the same data written on the license as long as you have to present it to be read, and you are aware it is being looked at.
If they can do it to those, they will do it to you. Sooner or later.
Symbolic tea parties are a crock of crap.
Lives, fortunes and sacred honor has a proven history.
State of New Mexico
Motor Vehicle Division
Enhanced Drivers License Project
Summary
The enhanced Drivers License Project began in May 1997, with the intention of creating a drivers license that would have more security features. Now, over a year later, the Motor Vehicle Division awards the EDL contract to Viisage Technologies, a Division of Lau Technologies. The Enhanced Drivers License is a combination of three technologies; first, a digital image that is stored as part of the driving record, second, a digital signature that is also captured and stored, and third, a magnetic stripe that encodes the printed information on the license. Besides enhancing the security of the license, the enhanced Drivers License will create additional customer service opportunities for the Division.
Features of EDL
Advantages over Current Options
Benefits to Customer
Future of EDL