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Sci-fi Writer Elizabeth Moon Believes Everyone Should Be Chipped

Posted by Soulskill on from the i'm-sorry-have-you-met-humanity dept.

Bob the Super Hamste writes "The BBC has an opinion piece from science fiction writer Elizabeth Moon who believes that everyone should be chipped or barcoded at birth. Her reasoning is that it would prevent identification mistakes and even allow soldiers to identify combatants from non-combatants. Her comments came as part of a discussion on future wars hosted by the BBC World Service."

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  1. hmm by smash · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'd rather be misidentified than have my ID chip blacklisted. Do something the government doesn't like? They disable your chip... then you're screwed. No thanks.

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  2. Stupid Woman by TiggertheMad · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why prepare to have your sons and daughters Id when they die in war? If you have 18+ years to prepare for something, why not work on diplomacy? You have the time....

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  3. Re:3 Words by ozmanjusri · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Chipped or not chipped.

    Soon it won't matter.

    http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/Facial-Recognition-Technology-in-SF-Bars-Defended-Not-Too-Intrusive-151579195.html

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