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— Photo from the Squid blog, capped by Leslie.
update: another lolsquid on the Science Notes blog.
Novel uses for RFID
This rumor again? Remember kids, Snopes is your friend. The last time I heard it, It was supposed to be part of Bush’s Patriot Act. “They” were saying that because of 9/11 Bush wanted to have us chipped to I don’t know, protect us from SOMETHING, though I was never clear exactly what. The Patriot Act, which I had hoped the Dems would dump, curbs citizens privacy and freedom in the name of 9/11. Shit, I’m more likely to die of a tylenol overdose than to be killed by a terrorist. Fear is a great way to control people, thankyouverymuch. If you are carrying a credit card that you can wave near a detector at the cash register you are as trackable as if you had an rfid chip embedded between your shoulder blades. Every time you walk past a traffic cam or an ATM or a security camera your picture is taken and stored. You may find these security cameras interesting. If you cut and paste this link into Google you’ll find a list of web cams. Most are things like ...
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