[pavon]

They could do the same with current licenses, either temporarily or permanently. When I was in my 20's I had a stack of old but unexpired drivers licenses because having your current address on your license makes makes some things easier.

[mattmaroon]

That’s why a lot of places now scan the ID. Presumably the vast majority of times whoever lost/gave up/sold the ID got a new one from the local BMV and the old one will be flagged.

[xp84]

I don't think (really, "I hope") that these scans aren't hitting the government database, allowing the government to easily build a dataset of every time you buy alcohol/tobacco/pornography/whatever -- that is uncomfortable even to me and I'm not really a libertarian.

The 2d barcodes and magstripes on these cards do have all the info that's printed, though, so I would bet that a "gifted" ID that hasn't expired but which you've replaced or claimed as lost would still work at a retailer who scans IDs.

[jaywalk]

Yeah, the scanners they use for age restriction are just standalone devices that show the age without the user having to figure it out themself.

[15155]

They scan an unsigned, unencrypted PDF417 barcode with AAMVA encoding with no attestation or online verification features.

[mattmaroon]

Ha, thats funny.