On (21 Oct 06) Bob Ackley wrote to George Pope...
 BA>  GP> Yes, this is a fair argument against the GOVERNMENT requiring, by
 BA> law,
 BA>  GP> one to have an RFID tag, but how does it speak for or against the
 BA> use
 BA>  GP> of RFIDs on private property by the owners, seeking to protect
 BA>  GP> themselves & their property from known threats?
 BA>
 BA> AFAIC they can do whatever they want on their own property.  But
 BA> people have
 BA> the CHOICE to not work for them or not patronize their businesses.
 BA> And are able
 BA> to have the chips removed when employment ends and the business
 BA> transactions end.
 BA>
 BA> The only problem is that once/if it becomes a widespread practice, the
 BA> government
 BA> will adopt it - there's nothing to stop the government from reading
 BA> private companies'
 BA> RFID chips.

The context of the thread was "conspiracy" -- I'm not seeing any.

Yes, there is something stopping the government from reading the chips
in the thread's original story -- they're not information-containing
chips.

Because I care,
|<+]::-)  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))


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