[107772] in Cypherpunks
States profit from photo IDs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frederick Burroughs)
Fri Jan 22 23:49:17 1999
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 23:34:35 -0500
From: Frederick Burroughs <riburr@shentel.net>
To: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@ns.minder.net>
Reply-To: Frederick Burroughs <riburr@shentel.net>
January 22 story in The Washington Post tells of profit to be made from
the sale of identities. Driver's license photos are being sold by state
governments to a company developing a database to prevent identity
theft. So, the state makes money off my ugly mug, retailers charge me
more to pay for this photo ID shit, increasing sales tax due to the
state. Damn! Can we expect a state tax cut after all this?
Story at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-01/22/133l-012299-idx.html
