ktmrfs wrote:
EV2 wrote:
What possible information is there that you are worried about? No one in their right mind has their ss# on their dl, so that leaves an arbitrary state assigned number, name and address that matches what you include in your registration or reservation. I suppose you could worry about your height, weight, and hair color, but that is pretty obvious as you stand there and on every security camera, Your credit card, while traveling, is another matter if someone copies the security code.
and it let's someone know you are NOT at home. Airports and hotels are prime spots for people to get addresses from knowing it is a prime opportunity for a breakin.
And getting someones name, address, height wt etc is a lot of valuable info for a thief.
There are dozens of ways to know you're not home. Chief among them the fact that your giant RV that is stored at your house is no longer at your house. Yes I know some store elsewhere but you get the point.
I don't see how knowing height and weight really helps a thief. Unless his/her plan is to impersonate you. But I don't think that's what they usually do.
Eight pages of responses and almost no real explanations given as to why we shouldn't let them copy the license. Just some vague fears of identity theft. And a certain small percentage of us will be victims of this no matter what we do. Too much of our information is out ther already. I suspect most identity theft is accomplished via crooked people on the inside at banks, Motor Vehicle offices, etc. Almost impossible to defend against. Not to mention you are not responsible (at least in my state) for these fraudulent charges.
Why is it OK to let the Dr's office copy the license? Most of them these days have a dozen people in the front office. Do you know and trust every one of them? It's really kind of silly for that to be the one exception.
