Big Brother's Barcode

You know that big barcode on the back of your Driver's License? It's called a 2D barcode and can hold about 2000 bytes of data (much more than 1D barcodes like UPC codes and more than magnetic stripes used on credit cards). Ever wonder what data they've encoded in it? Well, now you can use
The SWIPE Toolkit and find out.

Unfortunately, NC encrypts their data, so I wasn't able to decode mine, but you can view their interactive map and mouse over different states to see what data is recorded on the driver's licenses. Posted by Chris on 5/18/2005 10:55:00 AM :: Permalink   
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