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[arib]

Am I the only person I know who doesn't really have much of a problem with a national ID card?

(for the record, I *do* have serious problems with some of the stuff they're considering including as the content on those cards, but a national ID card as a concept doesn't bother me.)

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[xiphias.livejournal.com]

I believe that the right to anonymity is at the root of much of freedom. Once the right to anonymity is removed -- and it mostly is already -- much other freedom erodes.

A requirement to have a national ID card is a requirement to give up anonymity. Admitedly, we've almost completely lost those freedoms already, but it's still bad.

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

I'm with you there for completely different reasons. Legally I have one name- for all purposes that aren't seriously official, I use another- I've done so since I learned to talk- or rather, since I learned to talk some but not enough to get out my full name. My drivers' license has the full name- if they actually want to know where I go and who I am- do I need both on there? Or should I just give in and change it legally?