http://blog.privacypartners.com/2009/08/am-i-being-scanned/ Protecting Your Internet Privacy Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:25:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.privacypartners.com/2009/08/am-i-being-scanned/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Will K. Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:57:28 +0000 http://blog.privacypartners.com/?p=404#comment-390 I always worry about my driver’s liscense being stolen. It is so nerve wracking that something that so much about me, and is used so much in real life is simply sitting in my wallet, pretty much waiting to be stolen. It always sits in my pocket in such a way where I can barely feel it either, and I would never realize it was stolen! A intangible ID would be even worse though! Especially if it can be stolen from nearly twenty feet away! This new type of ID seems to have many pragmatic purposes though, I mean it would be nice to not have to stop at a security check point or have to worry about having my card stolen out of my pocket. I do worry about it being scanned by a freelance hacker though. This is quite scary, how would I even know it was stolen until it was months later, much too late? I don’t think it is worth it; the bad outweighs the good here, and these new kinds of identification cards are much to risky. I always worry about my driver’s liscense being stolen. It is so nerve wracking that something that so much about me, and is used so much in real life is simply sitting in my wallet, pretty much waiting to be stolen. It always sits in my pocket in such a way where I can barely feel it either, and I would never realize it was stolen! A intangible ID would be even worse though! Especially if it can be stolen from nearly twenty feet away! This new type of ID seems to have many pragmatic purposes though, I mean it would be nice to not have to stop at a security check point or have to worry about having my card stolen out of my pocket. I do worry about it being scanned by a freelance hacker though. This is quite scary, how would I even know it was stolen until it was months later, much too late? I don’t think it is worth it; the bad outweighs the good here, and these new kinds of identification cards are much to risky.

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