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2010-12-08 Home Front: WoT

UPS to Require Photo ID's to Ship Packages

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-12-08 00:43|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Who knows, maybe someday we can get this level of security at the polls. Hey, I can dream!

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2010-12-08 05:07|| 2010-12-08 05:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Racist!

/sarc stays on

Posted by M. Murcek 2010-12-08 09:06|| 2010-12-08 09:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Sometimes less is more. Just yesterday there was a huge bust at the Mesa, AZ DMV. The same people who issue driver's licenses, and *would* have issued the REAL ID if AZ hadn't refused it, were doing so to illegal aliens, drug gangs, etc.

Importantly, if AZ had been a REAL ID State, these criminals would have had a national "all access pass", under the illusion of "better security". But just having State driver's licenses limited them to AZ.

Speaking from personal experience, the proliferation of photo IDs make things less safe, as most of the time, all security people care about is that you have *a* photo ID, not whether it is genuine or not, or even has your picture on it.

A "funny"-type anarchist friend used to crank out bogus IDs for imaginary corporations, which he would use to gain access to 'secure' corporate offices. Out of the entire metro area, he said that only a few dozen military-industrial high security facilities truly cared enough to scrutinize his stuff. The rest just waved him through.

I still have the fake ID he made for me, and it's a hoot. Zyklon Chemical Corporation, as an Asst. Neuroproctocology Engineer. Along with the photo is a fake fingerprint, and the back has a fake magnetic strip. On the front is the ball and stick chemical model for TNT, and on the back one for LSD.

The slogan on the front is "We don't just make chemicals, We make solutions!" The back has a list of Dilbert-esque corporate babble about "proactive synergies in the paradigm matrix", etc., with #6 saying simply, "safety first".

I only used it for free parking when there were sports events, so they were charging a fee for an otherwise free parking lot. I never even needed to roll down my window.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-12-08 10:17|| 2010-12-08 10:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Many moons ago I developed my expertise in MS Publisher by 'fabricating' executive parking passes for our manufacturing plant. One day I waved one at the security gate as I was driving in and the Security Chief came running out and grabbed it. "Oh s&&t, I'm busted!" I thought.

He took it back in the guardhouse and waved it in front of a group of new hires, "See, this is what they look like."

He handed it back to me and said "Thank You for waiting , Sir!"

Posted by Skunky Glins**** 2010-12-08 19:09|| 2010-12-08 19:09|| Front Page Top

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