Reply #52: my involvement is tangential, and I have no financial interest [View All]

[northzax]

sorry, it's not that simple. simply because there are innappropriate uses for technology you cannot rule out every use for that technology. I'm not into blanket statements along those lines. THe discussion here is whether or not RFID chips are useful and appropriate in passports, not whether they are useful and appropriate to use in cash, shoes, clothing, food, elvis memorabilia or anything else.

People use computers for criminal purposes, should be ban computers? of course not. but taking your point, that RFID chips may be misused at some future junction, we'd have to. And books, some people use books to spread bad information, even hurtful and evil information, should be ban them as well?

vague fears of some future evil shouldn't stop the practical applications of technology. Sure, everything could eventually be tagged. but there isn't enough computing power in the world to track them, is there? you'd need thousands of trillions of chips, as well as a remarkable advancement in technology to track them, communicate with them and sort them. have fun sorting that one out.

you are playing fast and loose with the facts, and throwing up multiple straw men because, frankly, you have no good arguement about RFID chips in passports. so, when in danger or in doubt, obfuscate.