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Olympic Tickets Contain Microchip With Your Data

Posted by kdawson on from the what-has-identity-to-do-with-intent dept.

OMNIpotusCOM writes "Tickets to the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies will contain a microchip with information about the ticket holder, including a photograph, passport details, addresses, e-mail, and telephone numbers. The stated intent is to keep troublemakers out of the 91,000-seat National Stadium so that they cannot cause disruptions while China is on world-wide television, but it brings up serious concerns for privacy and identity theft."

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  1. Well That's It by camperdave · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, that's it then. I'm not going.

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    1. Re:Well That's It by dreddnott · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, I was so going before this news came out. Totally unlike the PRC!

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  2. Scalpers? by mrbluze · · Score: 5, Funny

    Chinese authorities initially considered tying all 6.8 million tickets to individuals .. and then it says..

    The plan [tried once in Germany] was aimed at deterring scalpers... Why don't they just attach them to people's scalps. Scalpers can then go about their business in the traditional fashion, possibly as was once practiced at the original Olympics thousands of years ago.
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  3. Tibet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    >> so that they cannot cause disruptions while China is on world-wide television

    So much for free Tibet... with every purchase.

  4. Re:Call me a skeptic, but by OMNIpotusCOM · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cause disruption, get junkmail. Lots... of junkmail.

  5. Re:Just wait this is only the first by iminplaya · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wouldnt be surprised if it didnt trickle down to even the major games in Footbal, Soccer, Baseball etc...

    It will trickle down much further than that. Soon you will need one of these cards to unlock the door to your house... from the inside.

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  6. Why bother with photos? by BluBrick · · Score: 4, Funny

    Westerners all look the same, anyway.


    What's that? Ohh, you round-eyes got no sense of humour!

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  7. Why are we putting up with this? by Crayboff · · Score: 3, Funny

    This should not be tolerated! Our president must take a stand! President Bush should be willing to have America boycott the opening ceremony, just as the French President is willing to do, if China does not stop this nonsense-ical human rights violations.

  8. Re:Wrong Order by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Number 983186... Stop pretending to be number 24601 'Engelbot'. Now get back in line.

  9. Re:Call me a skeptic, but by Chuck+Chunder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Indeed, any male streakers should expect a torrent of penis enlargement emails.

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