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Travel in the USA Requires ID

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Re: Travel in the USA Requires ID

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Post by MBCook »

> We used to make fun of the Soviet Union for its lack of freedom of travel ("papers please").

You only need ID not pre-authorization. You don't have to get Idaho to authorize your vacation and Nebraska to allow you transit.

Re: Travel in the USA Requires ID

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Post by dmix »

Other ways to travel without ID: by taxi paid for with cash also greyhound buses (paid for with cash).

It seems cash is the only means of travelling without IDing yourself. The destruction of privacy via credit cards/debit cards hasn't been given enough credit.

Re: Travel in the USA Requires ID

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Post by eternalban »

MBCook wrote: post #12

> We used to make fun of the Soviet Union for its lack of freedom of travel ("papers please"). You only need ID not pre-authorization. You don't have to get Idaho to authorize your vacation and Nebraska to allow you transit.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step ...

Re: Travel in the USA Requires ID

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Post by rhino369 »

Comparing an ID with "travel papers" is silly. An ID is an identification device given to everyone who wants one. "Travel papers" are licenses to travel.

IDs are a tiny restriction on your freedom. Travel papers are a major restriction on your freedom.

The stupid airfare taxes are a much bigger restriction on our freedom, IMO.

Re: Travel in the USA Requires ID

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Post by hbbio »

Reading this should particularly echo to the French-crowd here, as our government is about to pass one of worst anti-privacy law in history, all in the sake of fighting "terrorism" of course.

Side note: The author is also the author of Differential Synchronization, a key alternative to Operational Transform. If you happen to read this, congratulations for your work!

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