Comment on Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face.
ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 1 month agoOh, weird. They don’t require prints for a DL in TX, but we’re already closing in on an authoritarian state anyways. I didn’t know this was a thing.
toddestan@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It probably has to do with whether the driver’s license is Real ID compliant or not. Here in Minnesota, you have the option of getting the Real ID license that can be used as a federal ID card for things like flying, or the regular old driver’s license which soon will really only be good for showing you’re allowed to drive a car.
I only have the regular driver’s license so I don’t know what all getting the Read ID involves, but having your biometric data scanned and stored seems like something they’d require.
Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Texas is real id compliant. Has been for like seven years iirc
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I’m in Utah and have a “real ID” or whatever (the little gold star) and never had my fingerprints taken, eyes scanned, etc. If they required that, I’d say no and just use my passport instead, which also didn’t require biometrics.