> Another risk that is set in motion by TSA’s use of face verification is the very real possibility that our face eventually becomes our default ID and creates a de facto national ID controlled by the government.
For one, why are people afraid of a national ID? I remember this argument being used to delay RealID changes in some states. Other countries have a national ID and it hasn’t lead been billed as a privacy nightmare.
Second, we have a national ID already called a passport. That’s valid ID in the US and issued by the Federal government. I have one and so far the Feds haven’t come for me while I’ve slept or thrown me into whatever lies at the bottom of this slippery slope argument. Am I missing something?
Third, what makes the Feds worse than my State government? What stops Florida or New Mexico from turning State ID databases into a surveillance tool? Is it possible we really have 50 slippery slopes to deal with? Again, I don’t understand where the fear is.
For one, why are people afraid of a national ID? I remember this argument being used to delay RealID changes in some states. Other countries have a national ID and it hasn’t lead been billed as a privacy nightmare.
Second, we have a national ID already called a passport. That’s valid ID in the US and issued by the Federal government. I have one and so far the Feds haven’t come for me while I’ve slept or thrown me into whatever lies at the bottom of this slippery slope argument. Am I missing something?
Third, what makes the Feds worse than my State government? What stops Florida or New Mexico from turning State ID databases into a surveillance tool? Is it possible we really have 50 slippery slopes to deal with? Again, I don’t understand where the fear is.