Renewed Georgia Drivers License

Jessie C said:

So I got my new Georgia drivers license in the mail today. Quite a bit different from my last one. The pic is in black and white, and instead of a gold star, I have a black star.

Supposedly the stars identify you as "real ID compliant" to board domestic flights and access certain federal facilities. There is no difference between the gold and black star.
The black and white photo is new. The changes are meant to prevent scammers from making copies of others' licenses. "The first thing your viewers will notice when they look at the new license is the photo is black and white. So that's a new industry standard, it is harder to fake and makes the facial features more distinctive,"

Cool. What's it like in other states?

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Jessie C said:

So I got my new Georgia drivers license in the mail today. Quite a bit different from my last one. The pic is in black and white, and instead of a gold star, I have a black star.

Supposedly the stars identify you as "real ID compliant" to board domestic flights and access certain federal facilities. There is no difference between the gold and black star.
The black and white photo is new. The changes are meant to prevent scammers from making copies of others' licenses. "The first thing your viewers will notice when they look at the new license is the photo is black and white. So that's a new industry standard, it is harder to fake and makes the facial features more distinctive,"

Cool. What's it like in other states?

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Allan said:

We've had those for a while. We're not allowed to smile for the photo so I look like a psyco serial killer. If the police ever pull me over for speeding they'll take one look at my licence photo and shoot me.

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Jessie C said:

So I got my new Georgia drivers license in the mail today. Quite a bit different from my last one. The pic is in black and white, and instead of a gold star, I have a black star.

Supposedly the stars identify you as "real ID compliant" to board domestic flights and access certain federal facilities. There is no difference between the gold and black star.
The black and white photo is new. The changes are meant to prevent scammers from making copies of others' licenses. "The first thing your viewers will notice when they look at the new license is the photo is black and white. So that's a new industry standard, it is harder to fake and makes the facial features more distinctive,"

Cool. What's it like in other states?

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Allan said:

We've had those for a while. We're not allowed to smile for the photo so I look like a psyco serial killer. If the police ever pull me over for speeding they'll take one look at my licence photo and shoot me.

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Chock Full o Nuts said:

My past two renewals have been the new standard. Yes B/W photo, star.
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Chock Full o Nuts said:

My past two renewals have been the new standard. Yes B/W photo, star.
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Allan said:

I didn't have my glasses on so for a second I thought you'd doxxed yourself.

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Allan said:

When my nephew got his first Florida licence he proudly posted it on Instagram

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Jessie C said:

LOL! My pic sucks too! I look like a very unhappy camper! (And I wasn't, I made it in and out in under 30 minutes!) At least they didn't make me pull back my bangs like they did 8 years ago!

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Ginger Ale said:

You look so cute in your photo!!

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Chock Full o Nuts said:

Well maybe I am a black female named Jane from Anytown Ohio?

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Chock Full o Nuts said:

Dumb move right there. Typical youngster and the internet. Act now, consequences later.

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Chock Full o Nuts said:

My renewal this year, picture looks exactly like my last one. Hair a mess, scruffy. Online renewal uses same photo or you can submit new. I just don't care. I could be slobbering with a big booger hanging out of my nose. As long as I got ID when needed.

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Allan said:

That's more than one surgery. You would have remembered.

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Allan said:

The innocence of youth. They don't yet know about all the bad guys out there.

I called him right away but by then a dozen of his friends had texted "dude!!!" and he'd taken it down.

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Allan said:

BTW with new Samsung phones if you take a photo with personal information in the background it warns you if you try to share it.

I tried it with my passport open in the background. When I tried to email it to myself I got an "are you sure you want to do this?" popup with the passport red circled

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Chock Full o Nuts said:

That is interesting. Did not know that. But kind of creepy.
Big Bro isn't watching you, but telling you they have identified personal information of whatever sort in an image.

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Helix said:

I found the "real ID" to be a bit of a pain in the ass. I showed up with so much stuff that it would have taken a jury less than two minutes to convict me of being myself

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Jessie C said:

Hell! I wasn't allowed to use my photo from 8 years ago where I actually look like a semi-normal human! I show up with NO makeup and look 50 years older than my last pic! I also wasn't allowed to renew online, they made me come in to read 4 numbers in the "eye test' box? On the upside, it's DONE and I can stop worrying about someone stealing my new DL out of my mailbox!

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Chock Full o Nuts said:

You can only do online here up to 65. Then have to go in and test. If you go in, can renew for 8. Online only 4 for whatever reason.

With my one shot eye, I just do online now as to skip the eye test. Other eye is perfect, but they may try and throw some nighttime restriction on or something. Perfectly legal to drive with monovision, granted you have a mirror on your bad side.(check).

I wonder if I can still use the same photo to 65? I'll stay younger for years!

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Ishm said:

Black star???? They must've mistaken you for a maga

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Jessie C said:

No such luck here. I was 59 when I renewed last time and they wouldn't let me use that half way decent pic. I went in and renewed for 8 years. My next pic will be of a skeleton!

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Jessie C said:

So I got my new Georgia drivers license in the mail today. Quite a bit different from my last one. The pic is in black and white, and instead of a gold star, I have a black star.

Supposedly the stars identify you as "real ID compliant" to board domestic flights and access certain federal facilities. There is no difference between the gold and black star.
The black and white photo is new. The changes are meant to prevent scammers from making copies of others' licenses. "The first thing your viewers will notice when they look at the new license is the photo is black and white. So that's a new industry standard, it is harder to fake and makes the facial features more distinctive,"

Cool. What's it like in other states?

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