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RealID is not attempting to provide a national ID.

• jacobgkau 2y ago
  Technically correct, but it's an attempt by the federal government to increase the validity and security of state IDs, so it is relevant to this conversation about the shortcomings of state IDs and the role of the federal government in solving that problem.
  • loeg 2y ago
    It doesn't solve the problem, both because you have to ask for one (it's not issued to every citizen) and chiefly, it isn't a federal ID. The other parts are almost moot.
• rtkwe 2y ago
  An ID doesn't have to be national to be secure and state issued is still government issued. AFAIK RealID has the states check with other states electronically as part of the process of issuing a new ID, it's why some people have been so resistant to getting a RealID and we've pushed back the original deadline requiring RealID for plane travel for at least a decade (maybe 2 at this point?).