[privacy] Real ID: More Looming Idiocy

[Blanchard_Michael at emc.com]

>From the register article:

"In fact, he says, airlines are prevented by law from requiring any kind of ID."

  I've always had to show ID to get on a plane, even before 9/11.  If airlines are really prevented by law from requiring any kind of ID, how come they ask for one?  Although maybe they require ID to get the Ticket, but not to get on the plane?  Interesting....  


Michael P. Blanchard 
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Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Ferguson [mailto:fergdawg at netzero.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:54 PM
To: privacy at whitestar.linuxbox.org
Subject: [privacy] Real ID: More Looming Idiocy

Two interesting, yet disturbing, stories on the specter of Real ID
"compliance":

"Federal Buildings Become Real ID Zones"
http://www.news.com/Federal-buildings-become-Real-ID-zones/2009-1028-622913
3.html

"DHS Official Moots Real ID Rules For Buying Cold Medicine"
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/05/real_id_for_cold_medicine/

- ferg

p.s. Also, this is a good time to point out (once again):

http://UnRealID.com/




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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
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