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Taking drivers license numbers when you purchase beer. It’s as hard to get beer as it is Sudafed.

Posted in uncategorized on July 1st, 2007 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |

8 Responses to “Papers, please”

  1. Standard Mischief Says:
    July 1st, 2007 at 6:59 pm

    Yep, there’s a barcode and a magnetic strip on my DL. The barcode has my address and other vital private information on it. If I allow them to scan my card, they would get my personal address (the DMV does not allow me to list a P.O. box on my card. Hello! Identity theft! This also means if I’m ever carjacked and relived of my car keys and my wallet, that the thief most likely has my house keys, and is probably pretty sure that it’s going to be a little while before I can get home).

    Retailers that scan my driver’s license generally assume that the data they gathered is theirs to do with as they wish, and will not keep the data private at all. They’re free to sell the data to my insurance company, my place of employment or to any retailer that I might fit into their demographic for direct mail marketing.

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  2. Jack Says:
    July 2nd, 2007 at 8:38 am

    I never show my DL when asked for photo ID. I use my “Mass license to possess a machine gun”. Always works, even at the banks and airports. Jack.

  3. SayUncle » A reminder Says:
    July 2nd, 2007 at 10:25 am

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  4. Nomen Nescio Says:
    July 2nd, 2007 at 10:46 am

    OK, this is starting to sound like a great reason for me to get a MI concealed handgun permit. mind, i don’t even own a handgun of my own to carry, but having some picture ID that isn’t a driver’s license is seriously beginning to look like a great idea.

  5. SayUncle Says:
    July 2nd, 2007 at 10:52 am

    Nomen, FYI, in TN, your carry permit number is the same as your dl number.

  6. Standard Mischief Says:
    July 2nd, 2007 at 11:40 am

    Nomen, FYI, in TN, your carry permit number is the same as your dl number.

    Yea, but is there a barcode on the back that enables the merchant to snatch a bunch of personal info – including possibly your SS# – on the TN carry permit?

    You are buying a 6-pack, not applying for a mortgage.

  7. SayUncle Says:
    July 2nd, 2007 at 11:53 am

    yes, there is a barcode on the back.

  8. Standard Mischief Says:
    July 2nd, 2007 at 11:57 am

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