2007/07/23

My Way News - Chips: High Tech Aids or Tracking Tools?
This AP report is an excellent overview of trends in identity verification technology in general and implanted chips in particular:
To some, the microchip was a wondrous invention - a high-tech helper that could increase security at nuclear plants and military bases, help authorities identify wandering Alzheimer's patients, allow consumers to buy their groceries, literally, with the wave of a chipped hand. To others, the notion of tagging people was Orwellian, a departure from centuries of history and tradition in which people had the right to go and do as they pleased, without being tracked, unless they were harming someone else."
The reports notes several online sites that serve as great resources if you are interested in this subject, including These Last Days Ministries, the American Civil Liberties Union, Katherine Albrecht's AntiChips.com, and the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

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