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It's the data, not the collector
Hello? Ever heard of facial recognition software? Retinal Scanning? Biometrics? DNA? Fingerprints?

No? What about social security numbers? Zip codes? Drivers licenses? Blood tests? Drug sniffing dogs?

RFID is just one of many tools that can be used to identify us and what we do. You can either deal with that fact or spend your fleeting days on earth quivering and paranoid.

Try looking at it this way; it's not about the data collection device, its about the data. If there is a "mark of the beast", as you say, it is not an RFID chip. We are marked by the actions we take -- what we do and say every day of our lives. We mark ourselves in various databases from supercomputers to the opinions of our peers to our own conscious memories and personal guilt. If our mark is a beast mark, that is of our own doing. A record will be kept--on earth and (if you believe in God) perhaps in heaven.
Posted by: Waynezel   Posted on: 07/22/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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If Osama bin Laden would demand RFID everywhere ? would you support it?  Vily Clay | 07/14/05
"Luddite", huh  John L. Ries | 07/14/05
Indeed!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/14/05
With Good Cause!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/14/05
WOW Bit!  Tim Patterson | 07/14/05
AMEN brother Axe....Amen!  Laff | 07/15/05
Wow we need to get RFID under your skin right away  Protector | 07/15/05
Weird Grokster - RFID link...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/14/05
No Bit...  Tim Patterson | 07/14/05
yup  Jeff Spicoli | 07/14/05
Good point Jeff  Tim Patterson | 07/14/05
just thought of something funny I'd like to add  Jeff Spicoli | 07/14/05
Problem is the solution  voska | 07/15/05
broad stroke  Jeff Spicoli | 07/14/05
categorizations of use maybe...  draqza@... | 07/15/05
Now wait a minute guys. 5% is 5%  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/15/05
no one said anything about its legal existence  Jeff Spicoli | 07/15/05
I'd agree if there were current laws  voska | 07/15/05
Shouldn't EVER happen  Roger Ramjet | 07/15/05
Good!  BitTwiddler | 07/15/05
Could broad anti-RFID laws cause problems?  Otto_Delete | 07/15/05
The End?  LostPunisher | 07/16/05
It's the data, not the collector  Waynezel | 07/22/05
More about RFID  robert.jones | 07/29/05
"only a pointer"??  mikecepek | 04/07/07

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