UK Home Office plan: ID Chips in Everything

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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Buy your books...

[danamania]

Buy a book legitimately

walk out of the shop

take it home
microwave it on high for 15 seconds

enjoy :)

a grrl & her server

Hmm

[NiftyNews]

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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