the relentless drive towards microchipping
dwight heet | 26.01.2002 23:06
In the US - if you don't happen to have your driver's license and registration documents with you, you can have your vehicle strip-searched to make sure you're not mistaken. Everybody can be careless, forgetful and the like.What a whole load of hassle you may encounter for not carrying your documentation. How much easier to carry all this information on a subcutaneous microchip, which can be scanned and which you carry with you always.
dwight heet
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Ominous signs
27.01.2002 07:14
I, too, am concerned about the signs - animals have been used as the first stage to get us accustomed to the idea. No-one bats an eyelid about getting their cat or dog chipped by the vet I suppose.
In britain the royal society puts out a televised lecture every christmas in which some boffin or other explains an aspect of science to an audience of kids. A couple of years ago I was disturbed to see a leading boffin talking about how he and his wife have had microchips inserted in their bodies and how cool it is that he can put the lights on just by walking through the doorway. His excitement about the technology and being able to play with it seemed to blind him to its potential abuse.
Or maybe he didn't give a shit.
NJ Cartwright
batting an eyelid
27.01.2002 13:30
but the tricky thing is that quarantine laws are now relaxed for animals with implants holding evidence of their vaccination history, and people who want to take their pets abroad/bring them back to Blighty might find that chipping is 'convenient'. sneaky, huh...
zedhead
slippery
28.01.2002 01:47
this is a very slippery slope that we gotta avoid.
you might be walking around somewhere(say) and a cop one block away presses a button and on his screen shows exactly who you are, where you live, your status(?), etc..
-maybe worse-
junglejaws