[-] WindAqueduct@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago

Purchase a california virtual mailbox/pmb service

[-] WindAqueduct@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

You don't need a driver's license. You can get a non-driver state id. The reason so many Americans have a drivers license is because the US has terrible public transportation.

[-] WindAqueduct@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

"ICE is literally stealing people off the street", therefore we shouldn't fight against laws that give more power to DHS? Flawless logic.

[-] WindAqueduct@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, and the UK Online Safety Act is only relevant to the UK, so it shouldn't be posted in this community I guess.

[-] WindAqueduct@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Something to note: In Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Wyoming, you can only get a Real ID. If you live in one of these states, please contact your state senator, representative, and governor to express your concerns and demand a state id.

Also, everyone should contact their members of congress and the president, and demand that the real id act be repealed.

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submitted 9 hours ago by WindAqueduct@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Please read Section 201(3)-(4) of the Real ID Act:

(3) OFFICIAL PURPOSE- The term 'official purpose' includes but is not limited to accessing Federal facilities, boarding federally regulated commercial aircraft, entering nuclear power plants, and any other purposes that the Secretary shall determine.

(4) SECRETARY- The term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Source: https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/real-id-act-text.pdf

In other words, the Secretary of Homeland Security has unilateral authority to expand the uses of real IDs. In their 2008 rule, DHS even doubled down:

"DHS does not agree that it must seek the approval of Congress as a prerequisite to changing the definition in the future (except of course to remove one of the three statutorily-mandated official purposes) as § 201(3) of the Act gives discretion to the Secretary of Homeland Security to determine other purposes."

Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/01/29/08-140/minimum-standards-for-drivers-licenses-and-identification-cards-acceptable-by-federal-agencies-for

That could include voting, accessing medical care, etc. Do you trust Kristi Noem with this power? Do you trust every future secretary with this power?

If not, I urge you to not get a real id if you don't have one, or turn in your real id for a state one if you do have one, and instead get a passport. The DHS cannot enforce anything if the majority of Americans refuse to get real ids. Let us not just bow down to a national id that invades our privacy and could be used to control us.

[-] WindAqueduct@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

That's actually one of the most unfortunate parts of this. When you're at the doctor, you're incredibly vulnerable and need care. We shouldn't have a society where people have to censor themselves for privacy reasons, but today we do. The best solution is to push for a state medical privacy law at least as strong as Minnesota's.

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submitted 2 days ago by WindAqueduct@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

This video explains how your medical data is shared without your consent.

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