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UK Home Office plan: ID Chips in Everything

Posted by michael on from the infopocalypse dept.

LauraLolly writes "The BBC ran an article on how booksellers in the UK hope to use Radio Frequency ID chips to report on the entire life cycle of a book, including ownership and second-hand sales. There were throw-away lines about how the Home Office plans to use these chips in all goods, and their current use in U. S. libraries. And you thought that voluntary medical chips were bad..."

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  1. Buy your books... by danamania · · Score: 5, Funny

    Buy a book legitimately

    walk out of the shop

    take it home
    microwave it on high for 15 seconds

    enjoy :)

    a grrl & her server

    1. Re:Buy your books... by Alsee · · Score: 3, Funny

      Buy a book
      microwave it on high for 15 seconds

      Damn it! Now I have to go out and buy a new microwave.

      My course book Blasting and Demolition came packaged with sample materials.

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  2. Hmm by NiftyNews · · Score: 4, Funny

    They plan to put them in everything, eh?

    So where can I buy ID chips for my ID chips? "This ID chip belongs to NiftyNews, please don't spoof me."

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  3. All goods by MarkusQ · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...Home Office plans to use these chips in all goods...

    That should be fun. Even assuming that "all goods" excludes things like food, there are still a wide range of products that I sure wouldn't want to track.

    --- MarkusQ

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