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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. The next market opportunity... by alienmole · · Score: 2, Redundant
    I predict a small but strong market in EMP blasters - just run your books through, and The Man will no longer be able to track them...

    And to think there was controversy over the subpoena of Monica Lewinsky's bookstore receipts - what an innocent time that was!

  2. Aliens beat us to the punch by 3seas · · Score: 1, Redundant

    What about all them so called alien crystal implants??

    Oh I get it, they needed help...