I remember when I posted my view on the whole National ID Card with RFID topic, there were those that argued that RFID was a low power technology which could not be reasonably used to track anyone.
"U.S. security officials say they [0]will use RFID technology at border posts with Canada and Mexico to track foreigners driving in and out of the United States. A Department of Homeland Security spokesman said wireless chips for vehicles would become mandatory at designated border crossings in Canada and Mexico as of Aug." So, it *can* be used to track individuals. And from what I read it is the power of the Receiver, not the power of the RFID chip, that is important for detecting the location of the chips. No idea on how powerful the receivers must be, but if they are distributed in a network maybe not overly powerful. So, with RFID enabled National ID Cards it would be possible, even very likely, that citizens locations and movements can be readily checked. Verichip is also pushing for adoption in Britain to help with the location and identification of dead bodies after a natural disaster, or terrorist attack. Have any of you noticed, that after major terrorist attacks there are suddenly moves and measures pushed through to remove even more accepted civil liberties from citizens and consolidate power in the hands of the government as much as possible and away from judicial oversight? Right after 7/7 we had the Patriot Act sailing through for another 10 years. Now we have an american company pushing for the same RFID technology that is supposed to be used in the US over in Britain ostensibly under the guise of 'identifying loved ones'. The psychological battle continues.Tum tum Tum Ta Dum! "(First they came for foo, then they came for you, and because skewed data about these tags seem to make our country safer we will be "asked" to add them to our cars so that the government can track if someone else commits a crime w/our automobile...then they came for me as I was the only one left.") ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get Instant Hacker Protection, Virus Detection, Antispam & Personal Firewall. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=62 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167207 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
