ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û legislative director Caroline Fredrickson blogged on the in the Senate. Among the bill's many shortcomings is the provision. (Sixteen states and numerous organizations have already .) In , Caroline writes:
By placing personally identifiable information in databases accessible to countless individuals across the country, Real ID makes this information more vulnerable to misuse and identity theft. The machine-readable component will make it easy for businesses and hackers to snap up our personal information, turning Real ID into a one-stop shopping mall for identity thieves.
Caroline also discusses the amendments to the bill the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û supports: ones that protect our privacy and block attempts to create a national ID.