Mercury News dot comby Edwin Garcia
Some worried that REAL ID could lead to a national database and loss of privacy. Advocates for women's safety argued stalking victims would be at risk because licenses will have to show a street address instead of a post office box. Transgender people said they're concerned that the government will dictate to them how they must identify their gender.
"We are very concerned these proposals will jeopardize privacy," said Richard Holober, executive director of the San Mateo-based Consumer Federation of California.
DHS Sweats Out National ID Town Hall MeetingWired dot com
by Ryan Singel
DHS Assistant Secretary Richard Barth, along with other federal officials sitting on the stage in Freeborn Hall at the University of California at Davis, heard personally from transgender activists, anti-domestic-violence workers and ordinary citizens worried about Real ID's privacy impact, and the burden of increased bureaucracy.
