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Wed, 31 May 2006

RFID chips for migrant workers in the US?

Two more reasons to oppose this insane scheme: who really believed that NAIS would stop at tracking livestock? And note the admission by the good chairman, that his technology often fails and is prohibitively expensive.

VeriChip chairman Scott Silverman's appearance on American TV this week has raised fears of the introduction of RFID technology, but tracking tech 'not ready for prime time'.

(link) [The Register]

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On 6/1/2006 08:40:03
Mark wrote

And they are going to implant them in their foreheads and the back of their right hands........

On 6/1/2006 11:27:29
Thorolf wrote

I wound up talking with a woman at a veterinary clinic the other day who was adamantly against the current 'pet chipping' programs because (and I quote from memory, which may not be entirely accurate) "all your information's in there, and the government requires you to let them know whenever you move the animal." <head/desk> Thor knows, I'm no fan of the various schemes the retail corporations use to track my spending habits (though I broke down and signed up for the Safeway card instead of clipping coupons), and I don't trust NAIS _not_ to turn into just this sort of scheme - but that's not how the technology works on the veterinary pet tag chips. Yeesh.

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