The US house of representatives has passed a bill called the "Real ID Act of 2005" which calls, among many other things, for all US ID cards (even those issued by state governments) to have "A common machine-readable technology, with defined minimum data elements."
While will probably end up being pretty innocent (like a magnetic strip), they may end up using RFID, enabling anyone with an RFID scanner (government or otherwise) to identify you whenever you walk by their scanner. If that happens, "Faraday Caged Apparel" might start to be a little more important.
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The US house of representatives has passed a bill called the "Real ID Act of 2005" which calls, among many other things, for all US ID cards (even those issued by state governments) to have "A common machine-readable technology, with defined minimum data elements."
While will probably end up being pretty innocent (like a magnetic strip), they may end up using RFID, enabling anyone with an RFID scanner (government or otherwise) to identify you whenever you walk by their scanner. If that happens, "Faraday Caged Apparel" might start to be a little more important.