[TheForge] Criminal Background Check

[Bruce Freeman]

Speaking of paranoia and drivers' licences, NJ went to this new photo
ID system, requiring 2 or 3 forms of ID to renew a DL so Herr Furher
(Bush) could have us all ID'd properly (never mind the terrorists -
it's us he was rightly afraid of).  I was annoyed, but went along with
it until they came to the digitized signature part.  The WOULD NOT
assure me of privacy rights on that digital signature, so I did the
same as I do at Home Depot - I signed with a scribbled signature.
Damned if I'll turn over my signature to govt. records.

Wrote to my state senator and asked about privacy vs these digitized
signatures and got a reply from some panjandrum in the DMV, rambling
on about this and that and ultimately telling me they could do
anything they damned well pleased with my digitized signature.  Good
thing they don't HAVE my real signature!

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:31 AM, GRAF <adveniam at att.net> wrote:
> I'd share your paranoia, but they already have mine.
> Eventually they want everyone's. Next will be for drivers licenses.
>
> Mike Graf
>
> wmullett at bright.net wrote:
>> I volunteer at Zoar, Ohio which is a historical site run by the Ohio Historical Society.  They now require a criminal background check of all their volunteers.  I don't have a problem with that except the check mandates that you must submit your fingerprints.
>>
>> Why would anyone want to be put in that database where some "expert" might conclude that your prints match some partials they collected?
>>
>> Walt
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Bruce
NJ

The total lack of evidence is the surest sign that the conspiracy is working.