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A national ID system would require a complex integration
of social and technical systems, including humans
to enter and verify data, plus hardware, software
and networks to store and transmit. Unfortunately,
such socio- technical systems are always vulnerable
to error, breakdown, sabotage and destruction by
natural events or by people with malicious intentions.
Accordingly, USACM has concluded that, the creation
of a single system of identification could unintentionally
result in degrading the overall safety and security
of our nation, because of unrealistic trust in the
efficacy the technology.
- USACM sent a letter to the Senator Lamar Alexander expressing concerns about the Real ID Act's lack of security standards, the increased risk of identity theft, and that it creates a de facto national identification system. April 4, 2005
- ACM resolution issued in 1974 on National
Identification
- Dr. Ben Shneidermen's Testimony
on a National ID Cards given before a Congressional
Committee. For more on the hearing, see: Hearing.
November 16, 2001
Other Information on National
Identification
National Academy of Sciences Report
IDs - Not That Easy: Questions About Nationwide Identity
Systems (2002)
EPIC's
Page on National ID
USACM
Privacy Webpage
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