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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 03:52 PM Original message |
With all the spying, it's time to bring up RFID chips aka SPYCHIPS again |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. I can't believe that |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Okay, smarty, the point is that there is no way to disable the RFID right |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. scary story, |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. The RFID chips can be used for "good" and "bad" purposes. |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. It's not just retail items-take tolltags for example |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Thanks for pointing that out. And, since most tollways are at the... |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 05:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. You bring up an interesting issue with this- on the one hand, with |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 05:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Well we do |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. EGADS! This is spooky... |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. And, what happens when the chips are embedded in the items? |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. A chip has helped me retrieve my lost dogs. |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Although the idea of jammers and maskers is okay, why should it be on the |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Our Gov doesn't think that way |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Although that's a separate "pushy" issue, privacy and spying is the issue |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Yes, but the thought process is always the same with them |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I agree... and I don't know if it is a government issue so much as a |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. But being able to scan an entire shopping cart with one swipe of a scanner |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. There's an issue with that... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. Actually I believe that RFID chips can be disabled |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. No, they can't.. There is currently no device that can disable them |
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ToolTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 05:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. LiveOak, the time to get upset was during the last legislative session. |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 05:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I understand that and in fact my own Representative (Dem) VOTED for it |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. A few questions |
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liveoaktx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. No. According to chaper 12 "The Chips That Won't Die" |
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The Flaming Red Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-22-05 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. There's grocery stores and those damned discount cards |
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