[freeeee]

What happens if I just lay my driver's license on a magnet to demagnetize the strip?

It isn't a magnetic strip, it's a 'smart chip'; an encrypted computer chip.

Also, see post #26. The bill has a 20 year sentence for tampering with or destroying any part of the card.

It also says you can get 20 years for reading the contents of the microchip.

[_Jim]

It isn't a magnetic strip, it's a 'smart chip'; an encrypted computer chip.

An "encrypted computer chip" - do you suppose I would come up with some credible hits on Google if I enter that as a search parameter?

[weikel]

It also says you can get 20 years for reading the contents of the microchip.

Dear god what do they want to hide. That just makes me want to hack into the microchip more.