Rfid Chip In Drivers License Ohio
Christine Link is the executive director of the ACLU of Ohio. She writes in opposition to enhanced driver's licenses.
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Once upon a time, in the aftermath of 9/11, Congress passed the REAL ID Act. This federal law requires states to adopt new identification standards for drivers' licenses. While not trumpeted loudly, the idea is clearly to establish some sort of national ID system in the hopes terrorists will be caught before embarking on their next plot.
The problem for the federal government is the states hate it. Estimates for states to change the way they issue licenses are in the billions of dollars. Others rightly brought up privacy concerns – and this was before we learned the federal government spends its days sweeping up nearly every available detail about our lives.
Some states are so opposed to REAL ID that they have passed their own laws forbidding compliance with it. As a result, the Department of Homeland Security keeps pushing back the implementation date. After all, how good is a national ID when states keep opting out?
But those of us who have followed this issue over the years know REAL ID is, at best, on life support. The federal government surely agrees, even if they cannot say so publicly. But this does not mean they have stopped trying.
The latest attempt to get skeptical states on board is called 'enhanced ID'. It would accomplish much the same thing as REAL ID by also requiring changes to our drivers' licenses and state-issued IDs.
These enhanced IDs contain RFID technology, which are computer chips that hold enough information about card users to make traveling between Canada and Mexico more efficient. RFID technology is used for numerous purposes, from keeping track of boxes in warehouses to thwarting shoplifters. This technology has also been used in U.S. passports since 2006.
Given this technology's widespread use, what exactly is the problem with these enhanced IDs? Like many issues of this type, the problems are ones of security and privacy.
The same tools used to read these drivers' licenses at borders are also available to criminals. Indeed, RFID readers are inexpensive and easy to find. In the wrong hands, your identity can be compromised, your information put at risk. This differs from passports which, unlike enhanced IDs, encrypt information and prove less vulnerable to hacking at a distance.
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Not ones to engage in mere speculation, the ACLU of Northern California once proved its point by cloning the information found in the ID of a California lawmaker. It was then used to enter the state capitol building. That was back in 2006, a distant time in the world of technology.
The federal government counters by stating no personally identifiable information is contained in those RFID chips—yet. After all, we are talking about a federal government that tracks your bank transactions, web searches, and where your mail goes, among many other things.
Rfid Chip In Driver's License
Unfortunately, Ohio recently passed its own law to become the latest state with enhanced IDs. In doing so, we traded our privacy and security for the illusion of safety.
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with 103 posters participatingRadio frequency identification chips are everywhere—in passports, library and payment cards, school ID cards, and even in NFL players' uniforms.
So why not put RFID chips in driver's licenses? California Gov. Jerry Brown has a bill awaiting his veto or signature that would do just that. The states of Washington, New York, Michigan, and Vermont already have adopted the spy-friendly, voluntary program that links your license with the Department of Homeland Security. For the moment, the cards are designed to be used instead of passports at US land borders in a bid to speed up the entrance lines from Mexico and Canada.
But the more states that sign on, the more likely such cards could become mandatory across the country. That's why privacy advocates are urging the governor to veto the measure. The American Civil Liberties Union, for instance, is decrying the move to RFID chips in driver's licenses as a 'civil liberties nightmare.'
According to the ACLU:
Experts warned that this technology was insecure ten years ago, when the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under President Bush first introduced these licenses. Back then, DHS admitted that the personal information stored in these chips could be read from a distance of up to 30 feet.
In fact, a security researcher built a reader with $250 in spare parts, drove around downtown San Francisco, and proved how easy it is to read and copy these documents—without anyone ever knowing or even suspecting their information was being skimmed.
Sound creepy? That’s because it is. This technology is a dream come true for identity thieves and stalkers, and a civil liberties nightmare for Californians concerned about government intrusion and tracking.
Jim Harper, of the Cato Institute, has been beating the drum against this program for years. He views it as an offspring of the 2009 Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, and Harper said it's 'not difficult' to imagine a time when this so-called Enhanced Driver's License (EDL) program 'ceases to be optional.'
For its part, Homeland Security says the RFID chips do not store personal identifying information. The chip contains a unique number linked to a motorist and is stored in a DHS database.
Setting aside the Orwellian, slippery slope argument that the RFID tags one day could become mandatory nationwide, researchers say the chips are highly susceptible to forgery. University of Washington researchers have concluded that there is 'no encryption of any kind and they can be read by anyone,' and that 'reading and cloning' of them 'is possible.' The American Electronics Association has warned that hackers could read the chips from a distance and 'easily create a duplicate.' Even the DHS Office of the Inspector General issued similar warnings.
History has shown that government-issued cards mutate for other purposes. For example, buying health insurance or even a mobile phone often requires providing a Social Security number. The Social Security card was designed to track Americans' federal retirement accounts.