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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:43 AM Original message |
All cell phones will come packed with an RFID chip by next summer |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. so when you lose your cell phone, you lose your keys at the same time? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. and your credit card, and your everthing else that they want to bundle into it. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yup |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. How does that work? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I'm not sure exactly... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Back up... KGB information service? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. "Knowledge Generation Bureau" |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Oh. I thought you meant a different KGB. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Yeah, I think that's their advertising schtick... |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Gonna make life so much easier |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. My thought exactly. And they may not need to have physical possession of original. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Nope. One call from you will switch everything off. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #23 |
38. in the next REPUKE administration... |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. The next iPhone app... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. lol nt |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I'm thinking you would need a password. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 04:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Same as losing your wallet (well trousers anyways) :D /nt |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah... thanks but no thanks. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. You have to admit, it would be fun if you could call people in neighboring cars in traffic. |
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poverlay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I've been dreaming of that since I was a kid. I don't know about good though. I would probably be |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. True. And there's lots of other uses for that. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. One stand-up comic suggested your cell no. should be your license plate no. nt |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. Okay with me as long as cell phone ownership remains not mandatory |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Won't need to be legally mandatory in order to be culturally "mandatory." |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. So the corporations or other crooks could enter your house at will |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. No one is making you remove your mechanical lock |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. FUBAR. People refuse to pay taxes for parks but will overpay for this garbage. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Taxes don't give the ego boost that conspicuous consumption does. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. SMS billing |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. Wonder if the thing could be used to track you |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. That capability already exists in most cell phones. |
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Torn_Scorned_Ignored (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. They have their reasons I'm sure |
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phaseolus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. It has to be pretty close |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Actually you can wardrive and find RFIDs |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'm not liking this stuff |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
25. Oh, great. Because RFIDs are SO secure. |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
27. Ahhhh, all part of the New "Freedom" |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
28. I am 52 and have never owned a cell phone. Never plan to. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. They're trying out universal cards in South Korea. |
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