[ SHOWGSD-L ] more about microchips...and Big Brother
- From: "Peggy" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Anja Heibloem-Stroud" <Anja_Heibloem-Stroud@xxxxxxx>, <GSDCALegislative@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 00:34:26 -0400
Earlier today Anja posted about some states deciding to insert RFID chips in
drivers' licenses.
I commented in response that "smart tags" already provide tracking ability.
For those who care,
here's some more information about how individuals are being tracked ... and
identified...altho I'm not sure who
exactly it is who wants to track us.............
They are currently in use in the micro chips we use in our dogs. They
have been around since 1969 and powered when awakened by the radio
signal sent from the transceivers or readers which work within a few
inches and/or several feet away. The chips respond by transmitting
their unique ID code.
In addition to the "smart tags," or "EZ passes," whichever name your
part of the country uses for those things.. They are also found in some of
those gas pump "speed passes". Some of the airlines use them to tag
bags to ensure against loss, which tells me they don't work all to
well in that area. Some are used to track the big containers that
come into the shipping ports and to help the DOD trace military supply
shipments.
Visa is combining them with smart cards so people can conduct
transactions without having to use real money. Surely you've seen the ads
on
tv where someone is buying coffee or something and everything is
going great until someone pulls out their checkbook. Michelin is
going to put these tags in their tires to help identify cars/parts in
the event of a crime.
Gillette, Home Depot, The Gap, Proctor & Gamble, Prada, Target, and Wal-
Mart use them to manage everything in their supply chains from
manufacturing to shipping to stocking the shelves. Think of these
organizations of being able to point the RFID reader at a million
sealed boxes and know exactly how many "what ifs" are in them without
having to unpack, handle or run them through a barcode scanner. Some
are just tagging the packages but they may begin to tag their products
as well.
Other potential uses as already mentioned are the drivers license but
also the potential for passports, birth certificates, professional
degrees and licenses associated with, i.e. medical or any type of
document where authenticity is of utmost importance. Then there's the
potential to "micro chip" people, i.e. Alzheimer patients with the
potential to wander away.
It can be crushed, punctured, or microwaved but not ruined by water or
demagnetized. The consensus is Congress should be required to notify
consumers about products with the embedded RFID tags and have the
capability to disable it on privately owned property.
Probably more info than you cared to know but "Big Brother" is already
here...
Peggy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peggy" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <GSDCALegislative@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "showgsdlistnew"
<Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:10 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: [GSDCALegislative] chip a dog, a cow, a hen and
now us!
> Anyone who has a "smart tag" to speed up their passage thru toll booths
> can already be tracked this way.......... oh well. I won't say
> "I told you so."
> Peggy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Anja Heibloem-Stroud
> To: GSDHAVEN ; GSDCALegislative ; showgsdlistnew
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:35 PM
> Subject: [GSDCALegislative] chip a dog, a cow, a hen and now us!
>
>
> Doesn't this sound familiar ?....chip a dog , a cow, a hen and now
> us.....Voluntary ..at First...and always always safety and terroism is the
> reason....Control and profit are always the bottom line.
> Another giant leap for Big Brother: four states to insert RFID chips in
> driver's licenses Posted Dec 28th 2007 8:43AM by Jonathon Ramsey
> Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal, Tech
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> because you have an RFID chip in your driver's license doesn't mean the
> authorities are watching you; it simply means they can if they want,
> whenever they want. Arizona, Michigan, Vermont, and Washington will be the
> first states to begin placing the radio frequency identification chips in
> their citizens' licenses.
>
> The chips don't need to be physically read by someone scanning your
> license -- they can be read by monitors within a 30-foot range.
> Information contained will include name, DOB, physical characteristics,
> and a private identity number that will allow access to further
> information stored in the state's DMV database. One good thing about the
> enhanced ID's: travelers will be able to cross the border without a
> passport as of January 2009.
>
> The Department of Homeland Security is in favor of the program, promoting
> it under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. Said a DHS fact sheet,
> "Multiple cards can be read at a distance and simultaneously with vicinity
> RFID technology, allowing an entire car full of people to be processed at
> once." Motorists won't be compelled to use an enhanced ID, however -- in
> the beginning, it will be by voluntary issue only.
>
> [Source: The Newspaper]
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> Tags: department of homeland security, DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity, dhs,
> driver's license rfid, Driver'sLicenseRfid, enhanced driver's license,
> enhanced id, EnhancedDriver'sLicense, EnhancedId, rfid
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