-=> BOB ACKLEY wrote to ROSS CASSELL <=-

 BA> Replying to a message of Ross Cassell to Ross Sauer:

 RS>> Apparently these guys have nothing better to do, than to
 RS>> make us stupid proposals.

 RS>> Are you worried that someone is going to implant a
 RS>> microchip in your brain against your will? If you live in
 RS>> Georgia, your worries will soon be over.

 RS>> A state House committee approved a measure this week that
 RS>> makes it a misdemeanor to implant microchips, sensors,
 RS>> transmitters or any other manner of tracking devices into
 RS>> individuals against their will. The state Senate has
 RS>> already passed the bill.
 RC> [..]

 RC> You should read he latest issue of PCWorld, they talk about
 RC> the risk of implanted medical devices such as defibrilators
 RC> and pacemakers, being hackable... NO SHIT I KID YOU NOT!

 RC> This law probably isnt that far off the mark, as you seem to
 RC> infer, as long as the same legislation applies to big
 RC> brother.. Seems to me, it would be feasible for the state
 RC> to implant probationers and parolees in order to track
 RC> them, any cop with a wand, bam!

 BA> Don't really need a wand, some of those chips can be read from a
 BA> distance of several feet.  One can be scanned and not even know it, the
 BA> scanners aren't all that big and can be hidden in almost anything.

 BA> An early version of the technology is represented by the sensors at
 BA> some stores'
 BA> entrances/exits that set off an alarm if somebody is walking out with
 BA> something that hasn't had its implant neutralized (IOW, shoplifting).

They operate like a grid dip meter detecting a tuned resonant 
circuit.

Cleared at checkout by blowing a _fuse_ in the form of a particularly
thin trace that's part of the inductor half of the tuned circuit the other
half being a capacitor both being conductive traces printed on the backing
of the security tag.

Current U.S. mandated passports are easily scanned at some fairly reasonable
distance and your nationality and personal inoformation easily retrieved.

The answer to that is to employ a metal case to carry your passport in acting
as a faraday shield.


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