RFID could be in all cell phones by 2010

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Superiority complex much?

Dude you need to come down from your high horse. I have all of what you said you have (except for the MRE, because I know how to survive without readily available food, and my pistol is a .45) and I would still rather have a cell phone during an emergency than to not. Here's a scenario for you: You're driving along a road somewhere you have never been before and you get into an accident. You have to get out of your car before the leaking fuel ignites. Are you going to waste time making sure you have all that crap you carry in your car when you get out? No, you're just going to get out. Lets say your car explodes or is otherwise inaccessable. No one is around for miles and you don't have a phone. When you are walking in what ever direction you choose in an attempt to call someone I'm using my cell phone to call for help. I already know what you're going to say too. What if there is a dead zone and you can't get a signal? I can just use the GPS on my CELL PHONE (location by sattelite pretty much anywhere) to find the nearest place where people would be, and head that way until I can get a signal so I can call someone. "What if you're battery is dead?" I keep a spare battery in my phone case so that won't be an issue and both batteries have a standby time of around 15-20 hours. The battery still has a 5-10 hour life with constant use. I have extensive miltary training that I could use to survive if I needed, but I wouldn't need to use any of it if all I had to do was make a phone call.

You talked about a sucking chest wound. What would you do after you administered first aid? Do you carry around all the surgical equipment necessary to properly treat the casualty and keep the wound from becoming infected? I seriously doubt it. I would use my cell phone to call for help as well as treat the wounded. So while you're wandering around looking for a land line (or someone with a cell phone) I've already called the paramedics to evac the person(s) to a hospital for further treatment.

Bottom line is that if they put RFID tags in phones then I would make every attempt to either disable/remove the tag. If I couldn't then I would just try to find a phone that didn't have them (china would be a good place to look). If it came down to it, you know someone would make an RFID blocker for the cell phones just like the ones made for passports and IDs that have the RFIDs in them. RFID's have already been shown as flawed devices that can be used by certain individuals for targeted attacks if they so wished. Experiments have already been conducted showing that someone could have a rfid reader attached to an explosive device and set to go off when a certain RFID signature is read. The federal id that was to contain RFID has yet to pass and I doubt this will either. The US government won't be able to force people to use the rfid tags, and the real sheeple are going to be the ones who willing accept the RFID tags in their devices.

Linux has caused you to have a superiority complex that you should probably get checked out before it's too late.

Posted by: SpiderTech   Posted on: 06/25/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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