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From the Washington Post: The ID Chip You Don't Want in Your Passport.

"If you have a passport, now is the time to renew it -- even if it's not set to expire anytime soon. If you don't have a passport and think you might need one, now is the time to get it. In many countries, including the United States, passports will soon be equipped with RFID chips. And you don't want one of these chips in your passport."

Posted 6:12 AM by whatley (2) comments

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On the cutting edge, the gambling industry currently uses software that can passively identify individuals from video camera images. The RFID chip is a clumsy and intrusive attempt to "sanitize" the borders. As usual, the limited imagination of a bureacracy insures that such attempts will be too little, too late. Victimize the legitimate and empower the dangerous by giving them tools to target their weapons. Imagine a shark able to scan and identify a specific fish in a school. The shark grows fatter and the statistical anonymity of a schoolfish ceases to be effective.

# posted by  Andy : September 17, 2006 6:32 AM
 
Be afraid of foreigners! Be afraid of the government! Be afraid of foreign governments!

But it can be OK if you buy this thing we're selling. It'll work till we tell you to be afraid again.

Then we'll sell you something for that.

As the Tom Lehrer song says " . . .Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air!"

Be afraid of people selling you stuff!

# posted by  A. O. : September 17, 2006 9:53 AM
 
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