Kaye Beach
June 17, 2013
The Washington Post published what is probably one of the most comprehensive and clear (major media) articles to date on the state departments of motor vehicles’ biometric databases and how they are increasingly being utilized to undermine the presumption of innocence and rob us of our right to be left alone.
State photo-ID databases become troves for police
“Facial-recognition systems are more pervasive and can be deployed remotely, without subjects knowing that their faces have been captured. Today’s driver’s-license databases, which also include millions of images of people who get non-driver ID cards to open bank accounts or board airplanes, typically were made available for police searches with little public notice.”
The Washington Post reports;
“Thirty-seven states now use facial-recognition technology in their driver’s-license registries, a Washington Post review found. At least 26
of those allow state, local or federal law enforcement agencies to search — or request searches — of photo databases. . .”
The Washington Post also notes that;
“The current version of the Senate’s immigration bill would dramatically expand an electronic photo-verification system, probably relying on access to driver’s-license registries.”
The New York Times reported on this a few days ago;
WASHINGTON — Driver’s license photographs and biographic information of most Americans would be accessible through an expanded Department of Homeland Security nationwide computer network if the immigration legislation pending before the Senate becomes law.
. . . the Senate bill would direct the department to expand the photo program by offering grants to states if they allow the department to tap into their driver’s license photo records
Read more; Fears of National ID With Immigration Bill
The Constitutional Alliance first sounded the alarm on April 17th;
“If you want to work, travel, buy, or sell you will be forced to be enrolled into this global system of identification.”
Read more from the Constitutional Alliance; You are being enrolled into a global identity scheme which controls your ability to buy, sell, travel and now work !!!
Our government is working diligently to ‘connect the dots’ We need to do the same – please read the Washington Post’s article on the state’s biometric databases along with the ones linked above.
AxXiom for Liberty 
I recently had to renew my license. I did what I could to thwart facial recognition software. I grew a beard, unshaven or trimmed for three months and I smiled in the photo. After the issuance of the license, I shaved the beard off.
Richard — a little civil disobedience goes a long way. Thank you! (I did the same, including a little fingerprint touch up)
Well I’ve had a stash and gotee for a quiet a few years, for that reason… can shave at any time… Didn’t think about the fingerprint thing, what did ya do?