I had the same problems when I was working at Xerox in Webster, NY. Supermarkets just plain didn't want to accept my passport as valid ID. More recently, I attended an IEEE conference at MITRE in Virginia. To enter the building, they required you to fill out a form listing your SSN. The forms were taped to the guard's desk, in full view of anyone who was curious. I was horrified and gave a random number. A friend who was with me (who in fact is on cypherpunks) dutifully gave her correct SSN. Oh, and they wanted photo ID. I offered press credentials. Unfortunately for the lackey, it didn't have any sort of serial or ID number on it he could record. -Declan On Sun, 4 Aug 1996, Lucky Green wrote:
At 15:48 8/4/96, Bill Stewart wrote:
I wonder if they'll still accept an American passport; the country has obviously been taken over by Pod People while we weren't looking....
A US passport is not considered valid ID by the State of Oregon. If somebody here doesn't belive this, send someone who looks like he might be under 21 into any liquor store in Oregon with just an US passport.
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