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8 Responses to “Papers, please”

1. Standard Mischief Says:
   July 1st, 2007 at 6:59 pm

   Yep, there’s a barcode and a magnetic strip on my DL. The barcode has my address and other vital private information on it. If I allow them to scan my card, they would get my personal address (the DMV does not allow me to list a P.O. box on my card. Hello! Identity theft! This also means if I’m ever carjacked and relived of my car keys and my wallet, that the thief most likely has my house keys, and is probably pretty sure that it’s going to be a little while before I can get home).

   Retailers that scan my driver’s license generally assume that the data they gathered is theirs to do with as they wish, and will not keep the data private at all. They’re free to sell the data to my insurance company, my place of employment or to any retailer that I might fit into their demographic for direct mail marketing.

   Wanna find out what’s on your DL barcode?

   http://www.instructables.com/id/E0DU1K3WR8ET9K5QQJ/?ALLSTEPS

2. Jack Says:
   July 2nd, 2007 at 8:38 am

   I never show my DL when asked for photo ID. I use my “Mass license to possess a machine gun”. Always works, even at the banks and airports. Jack.

3. SayUncle » A reminder Says:
   July 2nd, 2007 at 10:25 am

   […] light of recent outbreaks of nanny knows best in Tennessee, I’ll remind my fellow volunteers that Article 1, […]

4. Nomen Nescio Says:
   July 2nd, 2007 at 10:46 am

   OK, this is starting to sound like a great reason for me to get a MI concealed handgun permit. mind, i don’t even own a handgun of my own to carry, but having some picture ID that isn’t a driver’s license is seriously beginning to look like a great idea.

5. SayUncle Says:
   July 2nd, 2007 at 10:52 am

   Nomen, FYI, in TN, your carry permit number is the same as your dl number.

6. Standard Mischief Says:
   July 2nd, 2007 at 11:40 am

   Nomen, FYI, in TN, your carry permit number is the same as your dl number.

   Yea, but is there a barcode on the back that enables the merchant to snatch a bunch of personal info – including possibly your SS# – on the TN carry permit?

   You are buying a 6-pack, not applying for a mortgage.

7. SayUncle Says:
   July 2nd, 2007 at 11:53 am

   yes, there is a barcode on the back.

8. Standard Mischief Says:
   July 2nd, 2007 at 11:57 am

   http://we-swipe.us/plain.html

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   SWIPE addresses the gathering of data from drivers’ licenses, a form of data-collection that businesses are practicing in the United States. Bars and convenience stores were the first to utilize license scanners in the name of age and ID verification. These businesses, however, admit they reap huge benefits from this practice beyond catching underage drinkers and smokers with fake IDs. With one swipe—that often occurs without notification or consent by the cardholder—a business acquires data that can be used to build a valuable consumer database free of charge. Post 9/11, other businesses, like hospitals and airports, are installing license readers in the name of security. And still other businesses are joining the rush to scan realizing the information contained on drivers’ licenses is a potential gold mine. Detailed database records, of course, also benefit law enforcement officers who can now demand this information without judicial review in large part due to the USA Patriot Act.

   Many people are unaware that personal data is even encoded on their license, and, if they do realize this, they probably do not know exactly what information is there. SWIPE brings attention to these practices and enables people to see exactly what is stored on their mysterious strip.

   SWIPE also illustrates how this information is used and why businesses and government crave it. Our hope is to encourage thinking beyond the individual self (“I do not care if a bar database has my name and address and time of visit…”) toward understanding databases as a discursive, organizational practice and an essential technique of power in today’s social field.

   With public knowledge there is a chance for public voices, and ultimately resistance.

   SWIPE is produced by Beatriz da Costa, Jamie Schulte and Brooke Singer. For more information, please contact info@we-swipe.us.

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