Clubbing in Fortress Amerika (fwd)
Harmon Seaver
hseaver at cybershamanix.com
Sat Oct 20 17:54:41 PDT 2001
Hmm, seems my DL is already out of date. WI is switching to a new
form of barcode:
http://www.dot.state.wi.us/dmv/digital.html
> License back contains information and new 2-D bar code
>
> The fee paid for the product is indicated
> on the top of the card. The
> two-dimensional bar code on the back of
> the document is coded with information
> from the front side of the card. The 2-D
> Bar Code is more durable and secure than
> the previously used magnetic stripe. The
> anatomical Gift Statement is covered with
> a special ink-permeable plastic which
> allows customers to write on this portion
> of the card.
>
Looks like other states are doing the same thing. So much for
erasing the mag strip. But I suppose it would be fairly easy to paint
something over the
barcode like some plastic disolving solvent, making it unreadable.
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Harmon Seaver, MLIS
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