Why the 'Real ID' Act is a real mess

[runlola]

 

[freetheknight]

I love it when real life emulates the fiction of Orwell and Huxley...

[Stookie]

I don't care what anyone says, I can't believe that RFID is secure. When my cards are sending off radio signals 24-7, someone who I don't want knowing my information can grab it out of the air. I think it's a bad technology that shouldn't be used for several reasons. The company that creates them probably has a government contract.

[Stillwater]

Well, most of us know how Patriot 1 was railroaded through congress, bill writers dumping thousands of pages of text into the hands of the house; most of the act was voted on even before it was read, so for all the legislature knew, clause 56 of the 9th article could have passed ownership of the US to Denmark. Voting came down to party loyalty, rather than the merits of individual clauses, and very little ammendment had time to occur before it was forced through.

Let us hope that a similar process doesn't occur here or anywhere. This practice is a violation of the U.S.'s founding principles.

[WalkerInTheWoods]

Let us hope that a similar process doesn't occur here or anywhere. This practice is a violation of the U.S.'s founding principles.

True, but what's new?