Do you carry ID with you?
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If I'm going any further than my neighbor's house, I always carry an I.D. Was in an accident w/o one many years ago, and it dawned on me that if I'd been unconscious, no one would've known who I was.
This ID thing came up last night, well, the bar/alcohol part anyway - with differences in the US/UK and the group I was out with found it all quite odd.
There were four of us at first. The first two to walk through the doors of the pub got ID'ed. I reached into my back pocket and asked if he wanted to see mine. He laughed and said no to myself and Stevie (in his early 30's). I'm not comfortable with the laugh - how old do I look exactly for him to think it's funny? - But it showed the difference I mentioned earlier in the thread. If it's obvious your of age, ID'ing you is unessential.
Though when talking about it with my mates I was reminded of Dave Gorman's 'Googlewhack' show where he isn't let into any bars in Texas despite being obviously old enough.
Hopefully the UK never changes.
There were four of us at first. The first two to walk through the doors of the pub got ID'ed. I reached into my back pocket and asked if he wanted to see mine. He laughed and said no to myself and Stevie (in his early 30's). I'm not comfortable with the laugh - how old do I look exactly for him to think it's funny? - But it showed the difference I mentioned earlier in the thread. If it's obvious your of age, ID'ing you is unessential.
Though when talking about it with my mates I was reminded of Dave Gorman's 'Googlewhack' show where he isn't let into any bars in Texas despite being obviously old enough.
Hopefully the UK never changes.
Unfortunately I think it will. It wasn't until recently I started seeing "If you look under 18 you will be asked for ID" in shops that sell alcohol, and in the last few years it's gone from 18 to 21 to 25 and I've been told by a couple of friends that some shops they use have "Under 30" on their signs.
I remember it going to 21 not too long ago and have noticed all the 'Challenge 25' badges staff in supermarkets are wearing.
I found it odd when I first noticed it. Not so much the Challenge 25 rule, but that the staff in my local Morrisons tend to be teenagers.
I found it odd when I first noticed it. Not so much the Challenge 25 rule, but that the staff in my local Morrisons tend to be teenagers.
Yeah, it makes me laugh when the staff have to go get a manager to be allow them to sell it to you.
I do find it stupid really... what does a 25 year old look like? Isn't it arbitrary? I can understand "if you don't look legal we need proof" but why 25?
As a US citizen living in NY state I try to carry my passport with me unless I'll be driving (for work only) as I do not own a motor vehicle.
Here is why:
While in the USA unless you are operating a motor vehicle it is not legally required to carry any identification with you as we are a free country.
A passport keeps the physical location of your home from the public even if you are only using "level 1 privacy" based on JJ Luna's book:
How To Be Invisible: The essential guide to protecting your personal privacy, your assets and your life
It is a lifestyle change not just whether to carry a drivers license or not.
There are 3 books that have taught me the most. The above and
Bulletproof Privacy: How to Live Hidden, Happy and Free!
Privacy Crisis- Identity Theft Prevention Plan and Guide to Anonymous Living
The Hardbound edition of this book sold out in only a few months.
the e-book will be the only version of the book available.
With the popularity of Internet-based social networking people have dropped privacy way down on the list of what is important to them. These days the best reasons you can use to nosy people are "you are disappearing from a stalker" & "preventing Identity Theft (again)" although you don't have to justify your right to privacy to anyone.
A U.S. passport being a federal government document will satisfy any private company's requirement to see a photo ID.
Within 6 years a social security card may be your best option as it was proposed in February 2008 a biometric Social Security card (mockup image here) with photographs, fingerprints, bar codes and other security features. It will be required for health care, the IRS and Social Security Administration.
With the healthcare reform bill "H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act" passed this week we will see some sort of required new healthcare ID/Social Security card by 2014 that would also be pushed as "a high-assurance credential available to the public to secure your identity online".
Here is why:
While in the USA unless you are operating a motor vehicle it is not legally required to carry any identification with you as we are a free country.
A passport keeps the physical location of your home from the public even if you are only using "level 1 privacy" based on JJ Luna's book:
How To Be Invisible: The essential guide to protecting your personal privacy, your assets and your life
It is a lifestyle change not just whether to carry a drivers license or not.
There are 3 books that have taught me the most. The above and
Bulletproof Privacy: How to Live Hidden, Happy and Free!
Privacy Crisis- Identity Theft Prevention Plan and Guide to Anonymous Living
The Hardbound edition of this book sold out in only a few months.
the e-book will be the only version of the book available.
With the popularity of Internet-based social networking people have dropped privacy way down on the list of what is important to them. These days the best reasons you can use to nosy people are "you are disappearing from a stalker" & "preventing Identity Theft (again)" although you don't have to justify your right to privacy to anyone.
A U.S. passport being a federal government document will satisfy any private company's requirement to see a photo ID.
Within 6 years a social security card may be your best option as it was proposed in February 2008 a biometric Social Security card (mockup image here) with photographs, fingerprints, bar codes and other security features. It will be required for health care, the IRS and Social Security Administration.
With the healthcare reform bill "H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act" passed this week we will see some sort of required new healthcare ID/Social Security card by 2014 that would also be pushed as "a high-assurance credential available to the public to secure your identity online".
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I was in Sainsbury's the other day when the guy in front of me - clearly a student getting his weekly shop - was asked for ID to prove he was old enough to buy Harry Potter on DVD.
I was in Sainsbury's the other day when the guy in front of me - clearly a student getting his weekly shop - was asked for ID to prove he was old enough to buy Harry Potter on DVD.
Maybe he's making a list of all adults buying those movies, ready for a final solution...
^ I'd go with that answer and add any adult buying Twilight to the list.
I always carry my State ID with me.
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