Hello Steve,

SA>Britons 'could be microchipped like dogs in a decade'
SA>by DAN NEWLING Last updated at 00:11am on 30th October 2006

SA>Human beings may be forced to be 'microchipped' like pet dogs,
SA>a shocking official report into the rise of the Big Brother state
SA>has warned.

It could happen sooner for Britons given another 3/11.
It could happen sooner for Americans given another 9/11.

SA>The microchips - which are implanted under the skin - allow the
SA>wearer's movements to be tracked and store personal information
SA>about them.

Works for dogs.  Why not people?

SA>They could be used by companies who want to keep tabs on an employee's
SA>movements or by Governments who want a foolproof way of identifying
SA>their citizens - and storing information about them.

It will probably be promoted as voluntary at first.  Then, after all the
kinks have been worked out, it will become mandatory.  For everybody.

SA>The prospect of 'chip-citizens' - with its terrifying echoes of George
SA>Orwell's 'Big Brother' police state in the book 1984 - was raised in
SA>an official report for Britain's Information Commissioner Richard
SA>Thomas into the spread of surveillance technology.

SA>The report, drawn up by a team of respected academics, claims that
SA>Britain is a world-leader in the use of surveillance technology and
SA>its citizens the most spied-upon in the free world.

SA>It paints a frightening picture of what Britain might be like in ten
SA>years time unless steps are taken to regulate the use of CCTV and
SA>other spy technologies.

SA>The reports editors Dr David Murakami Wood, managing editor of the
SA>journal Surveillance and Society and Dr Kirstie Ball, an Open
SA>University lecturer in Organisation Studies, claim that by 2016 our
SA>almost every movement, purchase and communication could be monitored
SA>by a complex network of interlinking surveillance technologies.

SA>The most contentious prediction is the spread in the use of Radio
SA>Frequency Identification (RFID) technology.

SA>The RFID chips - which can be detected and read by radio waves - are
SA>already used in new UK passports and are also used the Oyster card
SA>system to access the London Transport network.

The RFID chips are included in new American passports, as well.
With a proper scanner, terrorists can identify the holders of those
passports, even among a crowd of people who have no such passports.
And that puts innocent civilians at risk.  But at least civilians
can take steps to hide those passports, or make those passports
"invisible" from scanners.

However, just think of what an imbedded RFID chip would mean.

--Lee


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