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If you've never heard of REAL ID, that's part of the problem. The depth and scope of this process by which people are monitored is mind-boggling. Much more than your fingerprint or a scan of your iris can be registered through biometrics technology: your vocal pattern, your facial expressions, your physical mannerisms can be captured and recorded in a database. Along with the information already in your file: your birth certificate, your Social Security information, your medical records, your employment history, deeds to your property and titles to your vehicles.
In this age of information overload, who wants to know that much about you, your life's pattern, your income, your priorities and your shopping preferences, down to the choices you make at the grocery store? How can that information benefit anyone? How protected are you when another organization retains possession and control of your personal data?
Who owns your life? Your rights - to be safe and secure in your person and property, to self-defense, to freedom of assembly and self-expression - are not determined by government.
Use your power as an individual. Make noise. Tell everyone you know:
REAL ID and the business of tracking people through biometrics is technology misused and government gone astray. Changing the direction of those systems is an impossible task until you consider the alternative.
- Jo Whistler, webmaster -
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