On Fri, 13 Jun 1997 tzeruch@ceddec.com wrote:
If the state issues me a permit, they probably have a right to the information pertaining to the permit, e.g. they do need the make, model, year, and similar information about the car to issue a title or registration. If they are issuing state ID, they need to know that I am me in order to issue it. They don't need to place my mother's maiden name into the record although I think it appears on my birth certificate, and would cause problems since this is used as an informal password. My driver's license is a permit to drive, not a permit to be me. You can make a case for the database containing my age, but date of birth? Much of what appears is not necessary for the purpose stated.
So are you making the case for having the state ask every detail about your life and being able to place it in the licensing database, or only answers to those questions relevant to issuing the license?
I'm making the case that information I share with (for example) the DMV should not be viewable by those OUTSIDE of the DMV and NYPD without my consent - i.e. if Joe Insurance Inc. wants to insure my car, they need my permission to have the DMV release the info; but some folks have taken this to other weird tangents, such as polarizing one's point of view into either libertarian or stasist. I hold neither. And I've given up on the cluelessness of the same folks, so the topic I've dropped. :) =====================================Kaos=Keraunos=Kybernetos============== .+.^.+.| Ray Arachelian | "If you wanna touch the sky, you must |./|\. ..\|/..|sunder@sundernet.com| be prepared to die. And I hate cough |/\|/\ <--*-->| ------------------ | syrup, don't you?" |\/|\/ ../|\..| "A toast to Odin, | For with those which eternal lie, with |.\|/. .+.v.+.|God of screwdrivers"| strange aeons, even death may die. |..... ======================== http://www.sundernet.com =========================