rm9792 wrote:
I am under the understanding that swiping a DL is not legal for those that are not law enforcement. If they can swipe and get my age, they can get a lot more...[/quote]
My bank swipes it, several retailers have done so as well.[/quote]
DO they still swipe the mag stripe? It's been a long time, but the last time I remember my TXDL info read off the stripe was on the Delta Airlines check in kiosks about 14 years ago. The 3D bar code on the back has ALL the info too, and that's what I've seen the retailers scan for proof of age. I got a freeware PDF417 scanner for my iPhone and it's really interesting what you can read off the bar code. My LTC only has a 2D bar code with the license number on it. I assume that's why they don't scan them at the polls.