Mandatory ID Cards (fwd)

Damn, haven't they figured out that tatoos are cheaper and less prone to
loss?

Jim Choate wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:08:47 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Eric Cordian <emc at artifact.psychedelic.net>
> Reply-To: cypherpunks at ssz.com
> To: cypherpunks at einstein.ssz.com
> Subject: CDR: Mandatory ID Cards
>
> MSNBC is reporting that Congress is thinking of requiring all citizens and
> non-citizens in the United States to carry ID cards.
>
> It looks like the anti-privacy folks are going to do an end-run around the
> encryption issue, and first attack anonymity.  An interesting strategy,
> and one which we should not let go unchallenged.