Internal Passports

[Declan McCullagh]

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.
> 
> 
> -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock at netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred.
>    Defeat the Demopublican Unity Party. Vote no on Clinton/Dole in November.
>    Vote Harry Browne for President.
> 
> 


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