Fake IDs in the age of the internet

Re:Fake IDs in the age of the internet by makerbraker on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @02:34PM (#14258728)

(A little off-topic but...)

In the last 5 years or such, that lax attitude towards IDs has changed.

Police departments in large cities, are asking bar owners to use the ID "verification" machines to check IDs at the door. And in some cases, that ask is making its way into the state's alcohol control departments' policies.

> http://www.idscanner.com/legal/new-york-id-scanner-law-affir...

I put verification in quotes, because while these machines verify the data on your ID, what they actually do is record the magstripe data for later downloading.

That data can then be downloaded by for CRM purposes, or likely by your PD after a crime, to gain a list of potential suspects and/or witnesses.

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Re:Fake IDs in the age of the internet by eveningcoffee on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @04:36PM (#14259815)

  That data can then be downloaded by for CRM purposes, 
  or likely by your PD after a crime, to gain a list of 
  potential suspects and/or witnesses.

So it is in fact a surveillance tool for tracking bar visitors?

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