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Big Brother Loves Technology

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

An interesting article popped up on the AOL news page today:

Handheld Device Helps Nab Scofflaws

A Police Department in Ohio is testing a handheld scanner that can scan the barcode on the back of a driver’s license, passport or other state issued ID. The information is then checked against information in multiple databases and the police know instantly the legal status, identity and who-knows-what-else about the person presenting the ID. (more…)