NODE e9912d33Re: Florida Drivers Permits
"Robert A. Rosenberg" <hal9001@panix.com>Fri, 25 Aug 95 22:00:17 PDT
At 13:10 8/25/95, Jim Ray wrote:
>I saw the same story. The name, address, age, & height mentioned
>are already obvious on licenses, but this may preclude incorrect data entry
>by FL cops, and counterfeiting (a problem here for *years*). I saw nothing
>on the digitized photo, but we could be looking at different stories.
>Phase-in in July, '96. The story I saw suggests that other data, such as
>tickets, criminal violations (presumably convictions) and "other
>biographical information" [welfare, credit info] could eventually be
>included, depending on FL's state budgetary considerations. No author,
>just "Associated Press," listed on the story, and the card uses a magnetic
>strip "like those on credit cards" rather than a chip, which may be a
>mistake [considering the renewal period & my experience with bank-cards].
>Story doesn't say it, but it sounds like FL *may* be the first state to do
>this. Are any other states doing this already?
NY has Photo Drivers Permits with Mag Strips on the back and Computer
Generated Pictures (I've even seen them being created when I was on an
assignment at the DMV office in Albany that creates them).
NODE 29caae41Re: Florida Drivers Permits
Censored Girls Anonymous <carolab@censored.org>Fri, 25 Aug 95 22:12:08 PDT
On Sat, 26 Aug 1995, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote:
> At 13:10 8/25/95, Jim Ray wrote:
> >Story doesn't say it, but it sounds like FL *may* be the first state to do
> >this. Are any other states doing this already?
>
> NY has Photo Drivers Permits with Mag Strips on the back and Computer
> Generated Pictures (I've even seen them being created when I was on an
> assignment at the DMV office in Albany that creates them).
Minnesota has now been doing this for over a year. There's been a lot of
trouble with it, but they have them. Mine is do any day, and it will
certainly come in contact with a magnet, upon my possession.
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NODE 8457e2b1Re: Florida Drivers Permits
silly@whip.ugcs.caltech.edu ((me))Sat, 26 Aug 95 13:57:32 PDT
Censored Girls Anonymous <carolab@censored.org> writes:
>On Sat, 26 Aug 1995, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote:
>Minnesota has now been doing this for over a year. There's been a lot of
>trouble with it, but they have them. Mine is do any day, and it will
>certainly come in contact with a magnet, upon my possession.
California has both the digitized picture and the mag stripe, and they
even get a digital copy of your thumbprint.
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