(I have run a search on rfid before in this forum, and was displeased to see its lack of discussion)
How many of you folks are aware of this technology and its fastly expanding industry?
Listen, and listen well.
RFID stands for radio frequency ID, and it is a small chip inside a capsule the size of a grain of rice that can be implanted in devices such as cars and cellphones, inside digital cards you use for the bank, for medicare, etc... and it is implanted in our pets and several medical patients today.
The purpose of this chip is to monitor the whereabouts of whatever device, supply shipment, vehicle, animal or person it's implanted in. In regards to what it potentially can do for humans, it can store all your documented identification, including medical history, your address, your bank account information, your credit card information, etc... All the while, knowing your exact whereabouts and all the previously mentioned information by relaying your radio signal to a central database.
In Britain, they are trying to pass laws that make this chip mandatory for all prisoners, there are several companies that make the use of RFID tags on supply shipments mandatory, the automobile and aeronautics industries are pushing hard to implement it in all new vehicles produced, etc...
All of this is going on, and by 2012, it is expected to be an 8 billion dollar industry worldwide. Indeed, it's impact on mankind will take our digitization a large step further.
This is the future, it has many positives for businesses, military, and for fighting crime, but it definitely further enshrouds our privacy, and it is shown by a limited number of studies to be yet another source of cancerous tumors.
Human beings have never put up a good fight towards their digitization and firm inclusion into a remote, centralized database that is updated with every bank transaction, every hospital visit, every tax filing, etc... in fact, we've been led to embrace it as an advancement of our standard of living. Will this be just another example of it? This technology can effectively turn our use of wallets altogether into sheer memories, and no laws are being passed at all that create safeguards against the features of this technology that enshrouds our sense of privacy.
The media coverage of this topic is very scarce as well, as it is a sensitive issue for the masses, and it is better to be introduced and implemented gradually and quietly. It seems the internet is the only haven for its discussion.
Hey, if you have any doubts, google them for starters.
How many of you folks are aware of this technology and its fastly expanding industry?
Listen, and listen well.
RFID stands for radio frequency ID, and it is a small chip inside a capsule the size of a grain of rice that can be implanted in devices such as cars and cellphones, inside digital cards you use for the bank, for medicare, etc... and it is implanted in our pets and several medical patients today.
The purpose of this chip is to monitor the whereabouts of whatever device, supply shipment, vehicle, animal or person it's implanted in. In regards to what it potentially can do for humans, it can store all your documented identification, including medical history, your address, your bank account information, your credit card information, etc... All the while, knowing your exact whereabouts and all the previously mentioned information by relaying your radio signal to a central database.
In Britain, they are trying to pass laws that make this chip mandatory for all prisoners, there are several companies that make the use of RFID tags on supply shipments mandatory, the automobile and aeronautics industries are pushing hard to implement it in all new vehicles produced, etc...
All of this is going on, and by 2012, it is expected to be an 8 billion dollar industry worldwide. Indeed, it's impact on mankind will take our digitization a large step further.
This is the future, it has many positives for businesses, military, and for fighting crime, but it definitely further enshrouds our privacy, and it is shown by a limited number of studies to be yet another source of cancerous tumors.
Human beings have never put up a good fight towards their digitization and firm inclusion into a remote, centralized database that is updated with every bank transaction, every hospital visit, every tax filing, etc... in fact, we've been led to embrace it as an advancement of our standard of living. Will this be just another example of it? This technology can effectively turn our use of wallets altogether into sheer memories, and no laws are being passed at all that create safeguards against the features of this technology that enshrouds our sense of privacy.
The media coverage of this topic is very scarce as well, as it is a sensitive issue for the masses, and it is better to be introduced and implemented gradually and quietly. It seems the internet is the only haven for its discussion.
Hey, if you have any doubts, google them for starters.
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