Collocation Access

Wed Dec 27 23:13:07 UTC 2006

On Dec 27, 2006, at 11:20 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:

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> To open a totally separate can-of-worms, why not take my driver's  
> license?  Easier to replace than a passport and much less trouble  
> when crossing borders.  And before someone says "they don't know  
> what a DL from $COUNTRY looks like", realize that they really don't  
> know what a passport looks like either.

My driving license doesn't have a photograph on it, so using it as an  
identity document is pointless. Some organisations use it that way,  
but...

Passports should at least follow the MRTD standard published by ICAO.  
I suspect the issue is the difficulty with verifying the authenticity  
of a passport rather than knowing what the passport ought to look like.

Leo