The Folly of Real ID

Real ID is doomed to failure. Every reason they have given for adopting it is meaningless. The whole idea is spreading to other aspects of ID and security, like Passports, Credit Cards, and more...
This is more than just a little scary.

Criminals to 'adapt to ID cards'
By Jonathan Amos
BBC News science reporter, Dublin

ID cards promise a more secure form of technology
The UK government's proposed ID scheme will do little to stop identity theft and may actually exacerbate fraudulent behaviour in its early years.
That is the view of researcher Dr Emily Finch who interviews career criminals about their activities.
She has detailed how they adapt their strategies to get around new anti-crime technologies such as chip and pin.
Dr Finch will tell a Dublin conference that these criminals will be undaunted by the prospect of identity cards.
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Especially when someone can build an effective RFID reader out of about $200 in parts from Radio Shack
Passport RFIDs cloned wholesale by $250 eBay auction spree

And There are other security concerns with RFID too...

Security? Information Safety? The experts are saying that these criminals are now able to "remote mug" people...take their identity, without touching them, and they have no idea they have been a victim of a crime, until the bills roll in...

This is what happens when you leave someone else in charge of YOUR protection...when YOU fail to take responsibility for yourself...