Show threadLikely Jan LukasFeb 26

@persagen

Horrible news. 😡

While I have researched and presented on #DriversLicenses, I ended up focusing my masters degree on #BirthCertificates as--at least in Canadian provinces and territories--they are the foundational #IdentificationDocument from which all other #ID is based upon. (Some exceptions: citizenship cards for immigrants, etc). What is true for a birth certificate as ID is true for all ID arising from it, including #DriversLicences.

The example you posted is why I believe that contemporary identification documentation is the 'root of all evil' for #trans people (or at least responsible for a great deal of it).

Identification systems allow for #discrimination and #prejudice at a distance, and authorities always retain the right to change/retract/cancel without warning. Alas, this aspect is not unique to trans people, as both contemporary and historical actions have shown clearly how ID can suddenly construct the individual as beyond the (newly-established) pale.

bananabob  🇺🇦 🇵🇸Sep 30

What you need to know about digital driver licences in New Zealand

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/574579/what-you-need-to-know-about-digital-driver-licences-in-new-zealand

#RNZ #DriversLicences #Digital

What you need to know about digital driver licences in New Zealand

<i>Explainer</i> - The government aims to introduce digital driver licences by the end of the year. But are they safe - and will everyone have to use them?

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eicker.news ᳇ tech newsJul 30, 2025
Two #securitybreaches in the #Tea #app exposed #privatechats and #personaldata of at least tens of thousands of users. The breaches, which occurred within a week, allowed hackers to access sensitive information, including #selfies, #driverslicences, and #privatemessages discussing sensitive topics. Start using Signal messenger instead. https://9to5mac.com/2025/07/29/tea-app-security-breaches-reveal-private-chats-and-photo-id-as-it-tops-app-store/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Tea app security breaches reveal private chats and photo ID

Two major security vulnerabilities in the Tea app – which claims to make dating safer for women – have exposed...

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John ArnoldOct 14, 2024
_The Evening Post_, 15 October 1924:
        DRIVING PERAMBULATORS
  “I would not trust the member for Palmerston or the member for Kaiapoi to drive a motor-car,” said Mr. G. Witty (Riccarton) in the House of Representatives last night, while discussing the age at which people should be licensed to drive motor-cars.
  “How about a wheelbarrow?” suggested another member.
  “I would not even trust them to drive a perambulator,” declared Mr. Witty. "A boy or girl was being educated during the period of youth, and they learnt to drive just the same as they learnt other things.”
  A voice: “You have never driven a motor-car.”
  “No,” retorted Mr. Witty, “and I know why—because I am too old. My head is not as active as it was in my young days. . . . Just imagine any of us trying to learn to drive a car at our age.”
…
  “The member for Riccarton knows more about wheeling a perambulator,” stated Mr. Nash.
  Mr. Witty : “Yes. I have done some of that.”
  “I believe he has,” said Mr. Nash, “and the more power to him for it.”
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19241015.2.70.5
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #DriversLicences #Age #Cars #Prams #SexRoles #Parliament #NewZealand