[What if your ID isn't in the database? What if you're Canadian? What if you're a sexual predator who makes a fake Canadian ID? --Declan] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Scanning IDs for school access Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 05:26:03 -0700 From: Dwayne C. Smith <chaz@private> Reply-To: Dwayne C. Smith <chaz@private> To: declan@private Declan, McNeal Elementary School in Manatee County, FL will begin scanning the driver's license or other state-issued ID of visitors in an attempt to single out sexual predators. http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/12063817.htm I don't recall seeing this issue covered on Politech before. I understand the attempt to protect our children, but is this another well-intended effort that moves us closer to having to "show our papers" to go about our daily lives? Scan the IDs of people who don't have children at the school? OK by me. It would seem simple enough to issue a 'parent ID' when the kid(s) enroll for the year. This at least would preclude the need to deliver a state-issued ID - possibly containing your SSN - upon arrival. One other thing - what happens to the scanned data? Consider a vendor who services several schools. Does s/he run the risk of being included in some database of potential sex offenders because an aggregated database makes it appear that he has an unnatural interest in school children? _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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