>The acts of forcing people to submit more identification and then putting that personal information in databases actually introduces new risks.
That is all well and good, but with all the big breaches we have had it really does not matter. Your info is out there already if you ever applied for a loan due to that large credit agency breach(s). I forgot the name of the companies, but that alone was probably enough. Then tack on that the various Health Insurance breaches, Real ID is a non-issue at this point.
Now of course we have DOGE mining Social Security Data, so here we are.
Plus, most of what Real ID does is increase the documents that you need to show to get your ID. The state generally isn't then putting all those documents online somewhere -- it's just requiring that you show them to an employee at the time of application. So in terms of what's stealable by hackers, nothing has changed.
Edit: I’m wrong, the state is required to keep copies. It’s not required to keep digital copies, but that’s probably simplest and so…
It has been a while since I read the full text of the law, but I believe the Real ID Act requires states to store copies of all documents for 7 or 10 years.
Hm, looks like you’re right. It doesn’t require digital copies, but does set various lengths of time that the state has to hold onto things based on whether they keep paper, microfiche, or digital.
That is all well and good, but with all the big breaches we have had it really does not matter. Your info is out there already if you ever applied for a loan due to that large credit agency breach(s). I forgot the name of the companies, but that alone was probably enough. Then tack on that the various Health Insurance breaches, Real ID is a non-issue at this point.
Now of course we have DOGE mining Social Security Data, so here we are.