How ID cards pose a threat to our privacy?
99577
Think about it.\n\nTo have an I.D. card means SOMEONE has your name and information in a data base.  That data can be available to almost anyone and you wouldn't know it or even be sure that information is safe.\n\nThe more electronic the world gets (data storage, etc I mean) the less privacy we all have.\n\nGeorge Orwell's "1984" was a bit of an exageration, but not by much.
749545
Yeah I don't know what all the fuss is about with the ID cards.  I think it'll make the country safer.\n\nIf they've got everyone's DNA, then most criminals will be caught. Who cares if they've got my details, I don't plan on breaking into anyone's house.\n\nSo what's the deal?  Less attacks, rapes, burglary.  Doesn't sound like a bad idea to me...
636441
for security reasons and privacy
111673
Like the gentleman above, I dread the day, but I fear it is coming. Governments have always used available technology to track and control the citizens. It will be a boon to big business, they will be able to track spending habits, and so much more. The social implications are immeasurable, not to mention the religious "mark of the beast" prophesy. Regardless of personal reason, I believe a significant social segment will resist these implants. I can see a future where this segment will be labled criminal. A little de-ja-vieu for the draft card burners of recent history.
1186815
no. it's invasion of privacy for that to be on a list. horrible huh?
139949
If one did steal your identity..you would have a lot more problems than just "going to get your record clean". your entire life would be a total mess..
979862
steal your identity - manipulate your banking - eliminate your credit rating etc etc etc
968641
yep wake up guys its only gonna get worse if people dont stand up for there rights and libertys .theres so many areas in which they think they can invade our privacy ,i read in a paper 2 weeks ago they have the right to go in a counsil house and photograph whatever they want .\n\nnext its the ID cards then its taking dna with out consent ,then face recognition cameras on every corner tracing your every move and constantly adding to your profile in the government data base ,then its biometric finger scanning everytime you buy everything everywhere you go eventually turning us into a cashless society in which you use your finger to pay for everything all numbers,all info going into your profile ,at this point i hear people say ive got nothing to hide .then they want retina scans everytime you enter any building all still adding to your profile and face recognition cameras are not enougth they want to inject a sat nav chip in your arm the size of a tic tac how long before you have no choice in the matter of having it done because the system does not work if all are not part of it .sounds science fiction yet all science fact the micro chip was made by M.I.T and has been implanted on over 100 people ,retina scan technology has been created ,biometric finger scanning yet not hooked up to the governments data base ,is being used in many school librarys and cafeterias to precondition this generation,its normal,the guinea pigs if you will ,and face recognition in early stages in the public is at the right standard to be implemented as part of the new world orders way of enslaving us. when it happens and you dont want to be part of this society you have to way up if you want to live in the wilderness or go along with being enslaved .this is gonna happen in years not decades.\n\nhttp://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=786048453686176230&q=terrorstorm
457245
in a way it already is; think about it, you have to use your SS # for almost everything; chips have been invented that can be inserted into your skin that works the same as a CC; Dogs and cats can have ID's inserted into them w/ the same kinda chip technology.  It will just come to the point where you have to have a chip or ID to buy things.  It will happen and it will be very very very subtle.
651617
Yeah, he has ideas all right.  Such as tamper proof ID cards.  Does that mean that all of us so called "free" Americans will have to carry our ID all the time and present it on demand? Sounds a lot like Nazi Germany to me.
1082614
Most states maintain statutes which specifically prohibit the possession of or use of an official state-issued identification card (like a driver's license) for the purpose of concealing one's identity or adopting the identity of another.\n\nGenerally such offenses are misdemeanors, punishable only by fines without any jail sentence. \n\nHowever, there are special circumstances (using the ID to purchase alcohol, showing the ID to a police officer, etc) which can elevate the offense and provide for harsher punishments.\n\nAlso, the act of reproducing a forged ID card (either through showing up at the DMV with false documents, or making one yourself on a computer, etc) is generally a form of fraud or counterfeiting, and can be a felony.\n\nNot to mention that the use of a forged or fraudulent ID to impersonate someone else is a form of identity theft and is governed by both state and federal law.
592148
The best reason is because if the "leak" of anyones personal information is traced to you, you will be liable for any loss they incur.  The law also requires professionals etc to protect personal information.
95605
creating a fake ID is illegal
366669
Are you from a foriegn country?  Then yes generally that information is shared with the police.  If you're a US citizen the no, the only reason for the ID is to prove it is you if there are damages to the room.
510385
someone or thing trying to take your privacy away.
128221
they take your fingerprints or they have charges on you from the past in their database. but to have no identity one of the thhings they would have to do is erase your fingerprints with acid. Ouch
297806
The irony of this question and the responses that most surely follow (Not me...not happening...) is the scariest thing since the first "Nightmare on Elm Street". \n\nThere is much to be gained by having such a device placed within you as long as it is undetectable. If used properly, this device could relay medical complications before they actually develop symptoms, or just be used to identify you in place of a lost too often identification card. If this sort of system was imposed, then the problem with identity theft could be erased, and ultimately end up saving the average consumer immensive amounts of money by the fact that identity theft bullets would not have to be bitten on by businesses. \n\nI understand where the true resistors to this sort of revolution are coming from. The idea of "Big Brother" having you tagged with a microchip is a scary concept. I figure that the same way that it could trasmit small electrical signals to be deciphered by other environmental receptors for your benefit, it could be used in reverse so that you can be controlled via small electrical pulses at the brain's frequencies...\n\nI assure you, however, my friends that you should not be scared of the government having some master plan with monitoring you or controlling you... They already have been for a great amount of time. \n\nHow? Your wonderful social security number is your bar code and public media (music, t.v.) has been subliminally controlling you for decades! Is it no wonder that radical music ends up in one of two ways: commercialized and dumbed down or under-funded and hardly distributed...? Look at rap music from the nineties and from the present...How about rock...? \n\nHmmm...\n\nThat's food for thought...\n\nHope that helps...