Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology
Citizens Against Government Waste has issued a report on the Real ID Act.
This is a welcome look at Real ID. It’s known by civil libertarians as a dramatic step forward for our national ID system, but CAGW points out that it will also be a huge expense, costing the average driver around $90.
Would you pay $90 to be even more subject to government surveillance?
Kudos to CAGW for recognizing the privacy issues while it exposes the huge costs involved in the Real ID Act.
Jim Harper is the Director of Information Policy Studies at The Cato Institute, the Editor of Web-based privacy think-tank Privacilla.org, and the Webmaster of WashingtonWatch.com. A Poli Sci major at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Jim served as Editor-in-Chief of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly in his final year at Hastings College of the Law. Prior to becoming a policy analyst and advocate, Jim served as counsel to committees in both the U.S. House and Senate. He avoids genuine life experience by watching lots and lots of reality TV.
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February 14, 2012
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