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An ID Number for Everything

Posted by michael on from the technology-is-not-neutral dept.

jon323456 writes "Put this in your privacy pipe and smoke it. According to news.com, MIT researchers have cooked up a new barcode that has enough dataspace to include a unique serial number for everything. And in combination with RFID tags...."

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  1. Somebody Still Believes we have Privacy.... by darthmysty · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Roflmao....we havent had privacy for almost a generation maybe two..... We have had an illusion of privacy....the only thing this technology is doing is destroying the illusion.... Stop worrying the war was lost before we new it was being fought........ The only thing that stops any oligarical entity from knowing anything and everything about you is a lack of profit motivation or interest.... Your only defense is to be as boring as possible... Of course thats no fun....so to hell with them... My answer is that randomly once a day you should drop your pants and moon the world..... Let them add that to their database of activities... It would give a whole new meaining to the term: Moonies......

  2. Except for toasters... by Aliencow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Since they're already identified by their own unique IPv6 address, they don't need another barcode!