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Tuesday, May10, 2005
So What's REALLY in that magnetic strip on your drivers license?

Can your ID be SWIPEd?
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Can Your ID be swiped?? Full-size image

Last year designers set up a bar at the entrance to the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.

Patrons who ordered drinks had their driver's license scanned by a bar-code reader. The designers combined the data from the bar code with other information and gave a receipt to patrons with the info, including a map showing the location of the patron's residence. The map was displayed on a monitor (seen in back) mounted behind the bar.

Read on about just how much information can be gathered from your license

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