Chipped LIke DOGS! Takes effect MAY 1984, I mean 2008 in the USA
by What-A-Coincidence 2 Replies latest jw friends
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noni1974
Wow I went and got a passport this summer so I could leave the US if I want to.Now I'll have to go through that process again for a drivers licesne??My passport has a chip in it that can be scanned.Why can't I just use that for ID??
Here's a weird little fact for you.I got my DL renewed 4 years ago.The picture was a digital one and if I were to need to replace my DL it would be the same picture becauase they stored them.I thought they did that to cut down on identy theft.I thought it sucked at the time because I had a really bad picture and I was stuck with it for 4 years.
I went in Spetember to get my DL renewed again and they had changed there system again and they no longer store these photos.So now all a person needs is a copy of a birth certificate and a SS card to prove they are me.They are also no longer allowed to print a SS number on the DL were before it was my choice if they did or didn't.So now I have to carry my SS card with me if I want to prove it's my number.Seems to me like it's getting easier and easier all the time to steal people's ID's not harder.
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tula
Unfortunately, the growth of RFID technology has occurred mostly without notice - people aren't aware of what is coming. This makes it all too likely that it will hit without enough of a public outcry to force legal restrictions that could protect privacy and personal autonomy.
http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/phil/blphil_eth_rfid_future.htm
While corporate giants tout the merits of RFID technology, civil liberties advocates point out that the ability to track people, products, vehicles, and even currency would create an Orwellian world where law enforcement officials and nosy retailers could read the contents of a handbag—perhaps without a person's knowledge—simply by installing RFID readers nearby. Such a fear is not unfounded. Currently, some RFID readers have the capacity to read data transmitted by many different RFID tag. This means that if a person enters a store carrying several RFID tags—for example, in articles of clothing or cards carried in a wallet—one RFID reader can read the data emitted by all of the tags, and not simply the signal relayed by in-store products. This capacity enables retailers with RFID readers to compile a more complete profile of shoppers than would be possible by simply scanning the bar codes of products a consumer purchases.
http://www.epic.org/privacy/rfid/
The Food and Drug Administration in the US has approved the use of RFID chips in humans. [45] Some business establishments have also started to chip customers, such as the Baja Beach nightclub in Barcelona. This has provoked concerns into privacy of individuals as they can potentially be tracked wherever they go by an identifier unique to them. There are some concerns this could lead to abuse by an authoritarian government or lead to removal of other freedoms. [46]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-frequency_identification#Human_implants
RFID now with GPS
Big Brother's next weapon: Tracking your letters with microchip stampsSending an anonymous love letter or an angry note to your congressman? The U.S. Postal Service will soon know who you are.