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1998-02-08 - Driver Licenses

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From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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UTC Datetime: 1998-02-08 20:46:23 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 04:46:23 +0800

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From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 04:46:23 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Driver Licenses
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> Coincidentally, that day when I went into my grocery store to get a six
> pack of brew, I got carded.  I handed my new little card over and the
> teller and rather than looking at my date of birth she started to swipe
> the damn thing through her credit card reader machine! 
> I stopped her, grabbed my DL back and told her to manually enter the date
> as they have always done.  When she explained that it is against store
> policy and that she 'had' to swipe any IDs that had the strip I got my
> keys outta my pocket and all but removed the strip from the back of my
> little nemesis. Handed it back to her and told her to swipe away; it is
> against MY policy to provide the store with my address. I don't want any
> damn pepsi coupons mailed to me each time I buy coke, or northern tissue
> coupons when I buy charmin. Nor do I want the store collecting
> information on how much beer I buy.

Odd.  When I first got a card with the stripe, I was a little paranoid so
I took a bar magnet and erased it.  Actually, I don't know whether my
eraser worked because nobody has ever asked to swipe my card thru a
reader.  I got a wallet with a plastic fold-out so if someone asks to see
my id, I open my wallet and show it to them, then put it away.

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