The REAL ID Act of 2005

[maggiegee]

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The REAL ID Act of 2005 is Division B of an act of the United States Congress entitled Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-13, 119 Stat. 231 (May 11, 2005)[1]. This controversial legislation is intended to deter terrorism by:


Establishing the national standards for state-issued driver's licenses and non-driver's identification cards;
Waiving laws that interfere with construction of physical barriers at the borders;
Updating and tightening the laws on application for asylum and deportation of aliens for terrorist activity;
Introducing rules covering "delivery bonds" (rather like bail bonds, but for aliens that have been released pending hearings);
Funding some reports and pilot projects related to border security; and
Changing visa limits for temporary workers, nurses, and Australians

[maggiegee]

In the United States, driver's licenses are issued by the states, not by the federal government. States also issue voluntary identification cards for non-drivers. States set the rules for what data is on the card and what documents must be provided in order to obtain one. States also maintain databases of licensed drivers and ID-card holders.

After May 11, 2008, "a Federal agency may not accept, for any official purpose, a driver's license or identification card issued by a state to any person unless the state is meeting the requirements" specified in the Real ID Act. States remain free to also issue non-complying licenses and ID's, so long as these have a unique design and a clear statement that they cannot be accepted for any Federal identification purpose. The federal Transportation Security Administration is responsible for security check-in at airports, so bearers of non-compliant documents would no longer be able to travel on common carrier aircraft.

The national license/ID standards cover:

What data must be included on the card;
What documentation must be presented before a card can be issued; and
How the states must share their databases.
Strictly speaking, many of these requirements are not new. They replace similar language in Section 7212 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-458), which had not yet gone into effect before being repealed by the Real ID Act.


[edit] Data that must be included on the license or ID card
Each card must include, at a minimum:

The person's full legal name.
The person's date of birth.
The person's sex.
The person's driver's license or identification card number.
A photograph of the person's face.
The person's address of principal residence.
The person's signature.
Physical security features designed to prevent tampering, counterfeiting, or duplication of the document for fraudulent purposes.
A common machine-readable technology, with defined minimum data elements (the details of which are not spelled out, but left to the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the states, to regulate).

[edit] Documentation required before issuing a license or ID card
Before a card can be issued, the applicant must provide the following documentation:

A photo ID, or a non-photo ID that includes full legal name and birthdate.
Documentation of birthdate.
Documentation showing name and principal residence address

[maggiegee]

These sites may be useful in having your documents changed:

http://www.tsroadmap.com/reality/legalindex.html


http://www.lambdalegal.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/fact.html?record=1164


http://www.drbecky.com/birthcert.html

[Viridian]

It's interesting to note that a LOT of Americans believe the REAL ID act is a punishing threat to their privacy and freedom. Maine and New Hampshire have enacted some form of legislative action against the act, Maine going so far as to present the appearance of a 'citizens revolt'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=REAL_ID_Act&oldid=112130044#State_Adoption

Also interesting to note is the proposal to include RFID tags on the new ID cards. For those of you not up on this, RFID is a short-range, radio-frequency readable chip that basically allows anyone with a scanning machine to read your ID without your permission or knowledge. Basically, you can be tracked in a fashion similar to a criminal wearing an electronic ankle bracelet. Police or other security forces can figure out where you've been. Falsely accused of something? Try and hide somewhere with one of THOSE things in your purse.

The real problem lies in how far the state will go to verify or validate information. Dodging taxes or child support? Not any more. Linked databases and REAL ID mean that a purchase or expenditure at a state-run or state-affiliated facility might get you flagged and arrested. Got a record for something stupid you did as a teenager? It might be trouble for you when your new employer asks for your REAL ID and gets a hit on some database they check for new hires.

The possibilities for abuse are endless and I for one am REALLY glad I'm not American. Y'all need to get some serious shit together and vote in people who will repeal all these stupid laws.

[Ecstatic]

That chip really gets me. Tech has caught up with Big Brother. Brrrr.

[Viridian]

Shamelessly copied from Wikipedia

Protection against RFID interception

Various methods can be used to protect against RFID data interception:

* Most RFID chips can be disabled by physical means: for example the RFID chip inside RFID credit cards can be disabled by a sharp tap of a hammer.
* One can prevent the RFID transponders from receiving power. This is accomplished by obstructing the power supply; one approach is to shield the RFID transponders in a Faraday's cage, intercepting the electromagnetic signal which normally powers them. For RFIDs which couple magnetically, the shield requires a housing of magnetically permeable material such as iron or MU-metal.
* One can simply damage the antenna. With larger RFID transponders one can recognize the spirals of the antenna clearly by use of a radiograph. If one splits the antenna circuit, the effective range of the RFID transponder will be greatly reduced.
* An intense electromagnetic impulse applied to the transponders and antenna can induce high currents, interrupting the circuit and rendering the tag useless. A crude way to do this is putting the RFID tag in a microwave oven. Success may vary, depending on the frequency of the microwave and the shape of the antenna.
* The system can be blocked by sending a spurious signal in conjunction with the inquiry signal, preferably on the RFID frequency. This blocks the relatively weak signals of the RFID transponder.
* If a simple memory chip is used to confirm the authenticity of the inquiry, then one can record the inquiry and at a later time reverse engineer the signal, allowing replication. For the reader it appears as if the correct RFID transponder were in the field. Modern RFID tags use UHF Class 1 gene 2 developed by the European Working Group of EPCglobal Inc., which protects against such replay attacks by using more complex encodings.
* Many RFID tags include a built in 'kill' function. When provided with the correct pass-code, a tag can be either reprogrammed or told to 'self destruct', rendering it useless.

RFID shielding

A number of products are available on the market in the US that will allow a concerned carrier of RFID-enabled cards or passports to shield their data. Simply wrapping an RFID card in aluminum foil, essentially creating a Faraday cage, is claimed to make transmission more difficult, yet not be completely effective at preventing it.

Shielding is again a function of the frequency being used. Low-frequency tags, like those used in implantable devices for humans and pets, are relatively resistant to shielding, though thick metal foil will prevent most reads. High frequency tags (13.56 MHz -- smart cards and access badges) are more sensitive to shielding and are difficult to read when within a few centimetres of a metal surface. UHF tags (pallets and cartons) are very difficult to read when placed within a few millimetres of a metal surface, although their read range is actually increased when they are spaced 2-4 cm from a metal due to positive reinforcement of the reflected wave and the incident wave at the tag. UHF tags can be successfully shielded from most reads by being placed within an anti-static plastic bag.

[maggiegee]

RFID has some other useful functions.

It can be used to monitor store inventory, and for loss prevention.

There are as many uses as the mind can conceive.

[Trogdor]

RFID has some other useful functions.

It can be used to monitor store inventory, and for loss prevention.

There are as many uses as the mind can conceive.

The benefits are not worth the dangers.

[Viridian]

Agreed. When I hear about human implantation of RFID chips, I shudder. I may need to lose some weight, but goddamned if I'll be tracked like a cow.

[WillowQueen]

If only they took my suggestion about the Fake ID Act.

[flombago]

Why worry ? If you are innocent you have nothing to hide, nothing to fear. They're only after criminals. 8) (attempted irony here).

[maggiegee]

10/14/06-10/16/06

New York City seeks to make gender transitioning easier


New York City wants to make it easier for transgender New Yorkers to switch the sex listed on their birth certificate, an important issue for transgender people in an era when official identity documents have become more essential in everyday life.

Under present city rules, only people who can show proof of a surgery qualify for getting a revised birth certificate. Even then, the only change made is the elimination of any reference to gender on the document.

The new plan, unveiled late last month, would let birth records reflect the new gender for the first time. It would also allow changes for people who haven't had genital surgery but could show substantial proof that they have undertaken other steps to irrevocably alter their gender identity, like undergoing hormone therapy.

The policy change is one that advocates for New York's sizable transgender population have requested for years but which has taken on greater significance in a post–September 11 world.

New Yorkers need to show a picture ID to enter office towers, air terminals, public monuments, and all sorts of government buildings. They need them to apply for a job or buy beer at a neighborhood deli. The trouble comes when someone inspects those documents and notices that a person's listed gender doesn't appear to match the way they look and dress.

"That can be a very dangerous situation for a transgender person," said Cole Thaler, transgender rights attorney for the national legal aid group Lambda Legal. "In today's post-9/11 climate, where everyone is more worried than usual about things like fraud or identity theft, it can be particularly difficult for a transgender person."

Thaler said having a birth certificate with a gender that matches a person's appearance will ease the way to getting other government records, including passports, drivers licenses, and Social Security records.

Lorna Thorpe, deputy commissioner of New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, called the current system "outdated."

"A lot of transgender persons use different techniques to switch genders," she said. Some try hormones. A smaller number undergo surgery—in part because not everyone is medically capable of undergoing the procedure. "Some do neither but essentially make a lifestyle change," Thorpe said.

All but three states now allow people who have had a sex change to get a new birth certificate, and New York City's vital records division has done so since 1971.

New York City now issues about a dozen of the revised birth certificates a year. No estimate was available on how many more might be issued under the new rules, which could be approved by the city's Board of Health as soon as December.

Of the states that allow similar changes to birth certificates, almost all currently require proof of gender-reassignment surgery.

Only one state, Tennessee, has a law expressly prohibiting a change of gender on a birth certificate, but Ohio and Idaho also won't allow the change because of court rulings or as a matter of administrative policy. (AP)

[maggiegee]

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This link will take reader to the UK Government website
that deals with Transsexual Identity matters.

http://www.grp.gov.uk/

[BrendaQG]

Wow. That chip thing sounds like...

Revelation 13:15-17

15He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.
16He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead,
17 so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.

"It's in Revelations people !"

[uriah]

I hate this crap! I am so sick of our people doing this dumb crap to us! Vote for Ron Paul cause he's going to change all this shit that you don't like and love it when he does...He's got so much integrety it's funny to see this type of crap do you think he's the kind of guy that will do that? Seriously vote for him cause otherwise we have nothing...I'm sick of not being able to have a voice so please if you want one vote for him...

[Kattmall]

For me it was the guys that used to race with no real idea of what safety was, surprised they could all sit down given the size of the balls they mustve had

[AcuffGab]

The REAL Red Flag is occuring next week here out of Nellis. I will get some pics and vid. Will be a noisey couple weeks at Work. We are 1/2 mile off the end of Runway 3l and 3R

[Phelty]

I also believe that The Matrix is real and that the movie is an allegory for the unawakened state of mind most people live in. Those here at this forum have awakened that the Creator is within all of us and that we are struggling to submit ourselves to the Creator.

[Phelty]

I also believe that The Matrix is real and that the movie is an allegory for the unawakened state of mind most people live in. Those here at this forum have awakened that the Creator is within all of us and that we are struggling to submit ourselves to the Creator.

[coigrarrosili]

jazakumullahu khayra for everyone who posted, I plan to use these testimonials when I promote The Purification Act here.