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RFID Hell

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the one-for-the-mainstream dept.

Matrix2110 writes "Finally, somebody has stepped up with an article that descibes the potental abuse of RFID. Imagine being flagged for social tendencies. Gattaca is not so far off as we think. it is simply a pass of a wand for your embedded tag rather than a drop of blood."

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  1. RTFA... old technology by NumLk · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Its really about the UK employing technology to track pedophiles that has been used for some time in the US. Granted the parallels to RFID are there, but the bigger issue is whether one can be tagged after being convicted and serving a sentence. The laws in the US have flip-flopped on this one several times, generally the only time this sort of monitoring holds up is when it is a part of the original conviction of the criminal. Therefore, there are some precedents for electronic monitoring, the real question is whether they will apply once the private sector faces legal challenges regarding the use of RFID to track innocent people.

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  2. Obligatory "they started with..." quote by aepervius · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ToTal Democratic Patriotic Protection Act

    They started with the paedophile and it was OK because those are law breaker.

    Then they went on murder condemned and It was also OK.

    Then they went on tagging all former felon. Ok those were bad people anyway.

    Then they tagged people with bad social past and juvenil arrest since those were the one with the highiest chance to re-iterate a crime.

    . Then they tagged immigrant and it was also OK, because those bastard are not like us.

    Then they tagged people belonging to certain religion "because they might be potential terrorist".

    When they came to tag me I was the only one left in the neighbourhood without a tag...

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  3. Re:Article has nothing to do with RFID tags by Cade144 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Now available for personal use.

    The technology described in the article seems similar to this product which allows GPS units to send their location to other receivers.

    This particular application has excellent application with Search And Rescue. It would also be a good idea for keeping track of your family members during trips.

    Of course the Brits have an invoulentary system of location reporting, foisted upon convicted padeophiles, probably as a conditinon of parole.

    Would you give up a portion of your privacy and freedom in exchange for less time in prision?
    Now, if this is a mandatory sentence, it just seems like the physical prision is being exchanged for a technological one.
    Which is safer, more humane, and capable of bringing the miscreant back into "normal" society sooner?

    I guess England will let us know in a few years when they have the results of the pilot program ready.