Run instant authentication checks on any government issued ID

Re:Run instant authentication checks on any government issue... by rtkwe on Monday August 08, 2016 @03:05PM (#12250110)

NC IDs only have a 2D barcode and iirc the data is encrypted so I wonder if they're able to pull data from them.

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Re:Run instant authentication checks on any government issue... by tgokh on Monday August 08, 2016 @03:31PM (#12250294)

I went to a bar/restaurant in Utah recently that scanned everyone's IDs at the entrance - their little handheld reader pulled my name and computed my age from the barcode on the back of my NC DL. They said it works for most states, but it didn't work on a friend's from MN

Edit: Also, the new (ugly, pastel-ey) NC drivers licenses also appear to have a 1-D barcode on them as well

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Re:Run instant authentication checks on any government issue... by rtkwe on Monday August 08, 2016 @04:36PM (#12250682)

I was poking around for fun a while ago looking into the barcode and you could buy scanners that could read from NC IDs but they weren't free/cheap.

I haven't seen a new ID, haven't bothered getting a new one since I turned 21 a few years back so I have no idea what the newer ones have or don't have.

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Re:Run instant authentication checks on any government issue... by sbierwagen on Monday August 08, 2016 @03:32PM (#12250297)

WA IDs aren't encrypted at least, any PDF417 reader on the app store shows the data as plaintext for my ID.

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