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**alanamosteller** · 03-13-2010, 10:20 PM

When I was in Italy I had to obtain a Codice Fiscale -- a numbered identity card -- in order to work (or at least it was needed in order to get paid).

Perhaps that's more akin to a Social Security card but it seems only logical that all non-citizens should be required to get some sort of tamper-proof identifier.

Beyond my emotional resistance to fingerprinting I really don't see that big of a problem with a national identity card for citizens as well. In this day and age between cell phones, web activity, ATM cards, driver's licenses, etc. the government can track folks fairly easily. Unless a person is living totally underground and off the grid then privacy is something of an illusion these days.

03-13-2010, 10:20 PM	#4
alanamosteller Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 404 Senior Member	When I was in Italy I had to obtain a Codice Fiscale -- a numbered identity card -- in order to work (or at least it was needed in order to get paid). Perhaps that's more akin to a Social Security card but it seems only logical that all non-citizens should be required to get some sort of tamper-proof identifier. Beyond my emotional resistance to fingerprinting I really don't see that big of a problem with a national identity card for citizens as well. In this day and age between cell phones, web activity, ATM cards, driver's licenses, etc. the government can track folks fairly easily. Unless a person is living totally underground and off the grid then privacy is something of an illusion these days.
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