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Mimi
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Yup, it’s comin’!
And it will be sold to all of us under the guise of making all our lives easier! No standing in line at the checkout counters, just walk right out through the doors – IF you are properly ID’d, of course.
And to those who refuse to participate? Hmmm; could be you’d lose some kind of privilege, like discounts, or your car license renewal blocked, or whatever. The age of Big Brotherism is upon us, I’m afraid.
Just never, never, never, never, ever, EVER have a microchip implanted in your or your loved one’s body. They are impossible to get out.
Pray, pray, pray; keep the faith!
God bless,
Mimi
And it will be sold to all of us under the guise of making all our lives easier! No standing in line at the checkout counters, just walk right out through the doors – IF you are properly ID’d, of course.
And to those who refuse to participate? Hmmm; could be you’d lose some kind of privilege, like discounts, or your car license renewal blocked, or whatever. The age of Big Brotherism is upon us, I’m afraid.
Just never, never, never, never, ever, EVER have a microchip implanted in your or your loved one’s body. They are impossible to get out.
Pray, pray, pray; keep the faith!
God bless,
Mimi
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ribozyme
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Uhh… Tim LaHaye sez they’ll be implanted in our right hand or forehead.
I hope we do not run out of oil before this happens… I am scared of that…
I hope we do not run out of oil before this happens… I am scared of that…
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Mirdath
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Really? I thought bar codes were the Mark of the Beast!
How many have we been through by now?
How many have we been through by now?
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bpbasilphx
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**Uhh… Tim LaHaye sez they’ll be implanted in our right hand or forehead. **
Tim LaHaye is a rabid anti-catholic who is pro-choice.
Tim LaHaye is a rabid anti-catholic who is pro-choice.
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ribozyme
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Support the assertion that he is pro-choice. I am not defending him, but I am curious.
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Binary
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What are you talking about? Sure we may get there someday, but not anytime soon. Remember the REAL ID act? In it’s original form, it would have included an RFID tag. People freaked out about it, and the RFID requirement was removed. Americans seem to dislike being monitored.
Why would an implanted mirochip be impossible to remove? A pocket knife and a bottle of your liquor of choice would be all you would need to get one out.
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Mimi
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RFID’s are already available for pets. Ask your (or any) veterinarian how easy one is to remove without damaging the surrounding tissue. These things become embedded in the tissue.
As technology improves and gets smaller and smaller, it may be possible for one to be inserted without your knowledge, say, if you went in for surgery or other routine procedure. I’m not a conspiracy theorist nut, but I do like to be aware of how far the govt. may be able to push this IF people are not aware and IF people do not band together to stop it.
Sorry, I do not remember the REAL ID act; is there some web site or news source to reference that, Binary? Thanks in advance for posting it.
God bless & keep the Faith,
Mimi
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steveandersen
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There are possible uses for implanted microchips that are probably politically sellable right now.
Most of them could be for private purposes such as a family member with Alzheimer’s who may frequently wander off
Or rich families living in a society with endemic kidnapping
Gated communities might want to tag their members (or more likely their staff) for security and access control (interesting labor law questions)
Parents already use cell phones to track their kids and cars can be fitted with tracking devices. So I can see some parents wanting to go one step further.
I can’t see the government using something like this in the near future except maybe in restricted access areas or (and more likely) I can see a movement to “tag” criminals as a way of enforcing probations or restraining orders. It seems a logical next step from the “Megan’s law” type lifetime restrictions that are now put on some offenders. The political will is often there to remove others freedoms especially ex-convicts.
It raises some interesting social questions.
In the longer term I can see these being used all over and being seen as a great convenience. Sort of like EZ-pass but for your arm not your car.
If you payment and ID info is with you all the time you never have to carry a wallet.
Your car can query the chip before it starts to see if you have a valid license.
If you are in an accident all your personal and medical info would be available.
The only thing I’m not sure of is how secure the chips are.
Sure if you don’t have a wallet no one could mug you but if they can get a signal off of you form across the street would this give rise the a new sort of remote electronic mugging?
Most of them could be for private purposes such as a family member with Alzheimer’s who may frequently wander off
Or rich families living in a society with endemic kidnapping
Gated communities might want to tag their members (or more likely their staff) for security and access control (interesting labor law questions)
Parents already use cell phones to track their kids and cars can be fitted with tracking devices. So I can see some parents wanting to go one step further.
I can’t see the government using something like this in the near future except maybe in restricted access areas or (and more likely) I can see a movement to “tag” criminals as a way of enforcing probations or restraining orders. It seems a logical next step from the “Megan’s law” type lifetime restrictions that are now put on some offenders. The political will is often there to remove others freedoms especially ex-convicts.
It raises some interesting social questions.
In the longer term I can see these being used all over and being seen as a great convenience. Sort of like EZ-pass but for your arm not your car.
If you payment and ID info is with you all the time you never have to carry a wallet.
Your car can query the chip before it starts to see if you have a valid license.
If you are in an accident all your personal and medical info would be available.
The only thing I’m not sure of is how secure the chips are.
Sure if you don’t have a wallet no one could mug you but if they can get a signal off of you form across the street would this give rise the a new sort of remote electronic mugging?
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Binary
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I misunderstood you. I think we’re on the same page.
Contrary to what I said earlier, the REAL ID act, passed in 2005, did not require states to use RFID technology, but left the door open for it.
When the department of homeland security released their proposal for how to implement REAL IDs, they suggested using magnetic barcodes instead of RFID chips.
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randomguy0187
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I did an ethics research paper on RFID’s for an engineering class. Yes, it is a security concern that would need to be worked out.
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