{"id":2467,"date":"2008-09-18T12:29:26","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T12:29:26","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-18T12:29:26","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=2467","title":{"rendered":"NYS starts RFID driver&#8217;s licenses to facilitate border travel. But what else is possible?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NYS started two days ago issuing RFID (radio frequency ID) chip enhanced driver&#8217;s licenses (EDL). The State&#8217;s official statement off its website is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydmv.state.ny.us\/edl-main.htm\">here<\/a>. It&#8217;s press release is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydmv.state.ny.us\/press\/EDL%20PRESS%20RELEASE.pdf\">here<\/a>. Story on Switched.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.switched.com\/tag\/rfid\">here<\/a>.  The system is designed to faciliate travel to and from Canada, but it also can be used for travelers to Mexico, the Carribean, and Bermuda.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On September 16, 2008, NYS began to issue WHTI-Compliant Enhanced driver licenses (EDL) (includes Enhanced learner permits) and Enhanced non-driver photo ID cards (ENDID) to applicants who can prove U.S. citizenship and NYS residency. An EDL or ENDID can be used instead of a passport at U.S. land and sea border crossings between Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>WHTI is a federal law that regulates which documents U.S. citizens can use when they travel in the Western Hemisphere. You can read more about this initiative at the web site of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/xtrvlsec\/\">U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/politics\/security\/news\/2005\/04\/67333\">plans<\/a> for the State Department to produce &#8220;enhanced&#8221; cards for such travel.<\/p>\n<p>If they can monitor your movements at the border, they can monitor your movements anywhere there is a chip reader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>b2evALnk.b2WPAutP <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=2467\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"pingsdone","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}