RFID Tags in Law Enforcement

RFID tags seem to be the flavor of the month for law enforcement officials in the tracking of individuals both foreign and domestic. pin_gween writes "In an effort to speed up entry to the US, The Dept. of Homeland Security has begun a trial using RFID tags in certain visitors' papers. The tag is embedded in paperwork and "chip readers note the entry or exit of visitors who pass by and transmit that information to a government-maintained database." In addition, Saeed al-Sahaf writes "Security officials gathered Monday at a Canadian border crossing to mark the first test of this radio RFID system" Relatedly LexNaturalis writes "Wired News has an article about England testing RFID chips in license plates that can transmit VINs and other data to appropriate receivers. According to the article, the United States will be 'closely watching the British trial as they contemplate initiating their own tests of the plates, which incorporate radio frequency identification, or RFID, tags to make vehicles electronically trackable.' Naturally privacy advocates are decrying the move by stating that unlike electronic toll passes, these new plates will not be anonymous." We mentioned the concept of tracking visitors via RFID in July.

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We welcome our alien masters

[WillAffleckUW]

and are happy to serve them.

It's so nice to submit to their rule and their patriotic benevolence to us sheep.

Where's the Give Up My Rights button on my keyboard when I need it ... hmmm, must be next to the [sarcasm] [/sarcasm] keys.

you are a bag

[a11]

of douche

test of this radio RFID system

I wounder if I could test this "radio RFID" on my personal PC computer. Maybe I should ask the PMO office. Nah, I don't care - I'm not interested in anything Canadian. Those people from Canadia are even less interesting then the most bland population in the least eventful of the US states. RTFA the fucking acronym. gnu not eunuchs, gnu mostly on leunuchs.

subway. eat fresh.