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Beyond the whole porn issue, as the victim of identity theft, "put all your personal information in this one big database" make me very nervous. Either that database will be hacked or someone with access to it will grab data for nefarious purposes.
It's not a matter of IF it will happen, but WHEN.
It’s already happened!
THREE TIMES
2023: https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2023/06/16/louisiana-cyberattack-dmv-moveit
2019: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/11/hackers-paradise-louisianas-ransomware-disaster-far-from-over/
2016: https://www.hackread.com/hacker-selling-louisiana-drivers-licence-database/