Originally Posted by
Superguy
Originally Posted by
bseller
While I think this emphasis on ID is a PITA, I'm confused as to why you'd feel as you appear to w/r/t your ID?
If you're providing your passport willingly, aren't you likely to be giving the ID checker MORE information than if you just took the DL (or whatever) out of your wallet??
Best, Dave
Not really. My passport pretty much has my name, birthdate and birthplace, and citizenship on it. Enough to identify who I am.
My DL has my name, address, which county I live in, height, weight, sex, restrictions (ie I wear corrective lenses), I'm an organ donor, etc. In some states, your SSN and blood type too.
Passport's a much safer bet, especially when dealing with TSA.
Superguy beat me to it.
it is a much safer bet and other than my i/d being gov't issued, valid (meaning non-expired), the name matching the one on my bp and the picture being one of me, any other info is none of the tsa's business.
now, if the tsa truly wants to get it right, have a device that reads the mag-stripe on the back of the d/l (similar to customs reading the micr line of a passport). you can get a bogus d/l but 9/10 times the fake d/l will be very good and
will pass the
black-light test but the mag-stripe will have no data. oh wait, this part makes too much sense.
