The ID That Tracks You
They told us it was for our safety. They said it would help us fly, drive, and prove who we are. But what they didn’t say is this: the Real ID isn’t just identification—it’s infrastructure. Beneath the glossy plastic and official stamps lies the skeleton key to a national surveillance grid. Every scan, every update, every cross-reference—feeding a beast that watches, remembers, and links your movements to a centralized system that grows hungrier by the hour. Let’s be clear: this isn’t about stopping criminals. This is about cataloging citizens. The Real ID Act, quietly passed in the shadow of 9/11 fear, was never just about airport security. It was the doorway to something much larger: a unified digital identity system where every citizen is tagged, tracked, and data-mined. What they call “compliance,” we should call what it really is— consent to be watched. Think about it: Every state database feeds into federal systems. Biometric data, once optional, is fast becoming th...