March 21, 2002
Finding Pay Dirt in Scannable Driver's Licenses
Finding Pay Dirt in Scannable Driver's Licenses
ABOUT 10,000 people a week go to The Rack. One by one, they hand over their driver's licenses to a doorman, who swipes them through a sleek black machine. If a license is valid and its holder is over 21, a red light blinks and the patron is waved through. But most of the customers are not aware that it also pulls up the name, address, birth date and other personal details from a data strip on the back of the license. Even height, eye color and sometimes Social Security number are registered.
Posted by rshah at March 21, 2002 12:00 PM