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And They Shall Know You By Your Books

Posted by timothy on from the don't-like-the-books-of-that-one dept.

Val42K writes "People have been concerned about provisions of the Patriot Act that would grant law enforcement access to your library records. Now libraries are considering placing RFID tags into books instead of barcodes. The RFID tags will (supposedly) be turned off when you check out of the library, but could they be turned back on? What about the possibility of you being located and tracked by the books that you carry?"

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  1. Sheesh by Anonymous+Cowtard · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What about the possibility of you being located and tracked by the books that you carry?

    Man, some people really have a bloated self-image if they think "the man" is so interested in them as to track everything they do.

    Seriously, get a frigging grip people.

  2. Re:A book to read: by Saint+Stephen · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ironic, you should read "The Language Police" by Diane Ravitch. Farenheit 451 was heavily edited by left-wing educators to suit their own pedagogic objectives.

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe =utf-8&q=%22language+police%22+%22fahrenheit+451%2 2&sa=N&tab=gw