Topic: L1 Identity Solutions

Adam Curry recounts his experience taking the California driver's license test, noting the lack of a parallel parking requirement. He highlights the use of "L1 Identity Solutions" at the DMV, which captures biometric facial recognition profiles of all applicants, integrating them into a broader surveillance grid.

Florida has begun implementing the REAL ID Act, which will require a "gold star" on driver's licenses for citizens to board airplanes or enter federal buildings by 2014. The program is being managed by private corporations like L1 Identity Solutions, whose board includes James Loy, the former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. Loy defended his transition from government to a private company profiting from the legislation he helped create as "the American economic way."