Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology
Inspired by the promotional brochure I recently came across, I’ve taken a look at L-1 Identity Solutions in a Cato TechKnowledge paper. Though it has better options, L-1 and its new acquisition, Digimarc ID Systems, seem likely to continue lobbying for the REAL ID Act. My concluding line may be a little obvious: “A corporate lobbying operation can do as much harm to liberty as any government agency or official.”
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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May 27, 2012
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