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

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

 RC> Hello Ross!

 RC> 20 Apr 10 23:22, you wrote to me:

 RC>>> This law probably isnt that far off the mark, as you seem
 RC>>> to 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!

 RC>>> Now since you are so deeply invested in researching the
 RC>>> laws and lawmakers of the fine states of South Carolina
 RC>>> and Georgia, perhaps you can tell us all about Wisconsins
 RC>>> Official State Microbe!

 RS>> The cheese-making germ. Yes, that is a waste of time.

 RS>> The proposals against microchipping come from pure
 RS>> "endtimes" paranoia, as you chopped off.

 RC> Irrelevant..

 RC> Microchips could be used and abused... Walmart already uses
 RC> them in their distribution supply chain and talk abounds
 RC> about using Microchips as the replacement for bar codes and
 RC> scanners at the store checkout. No problem there..

 BA> A few years ago some idiot robbed a local Omaha bank.  He wrote his
 BA> note on part of the package of some product.  That piece he used
 BA> happened to contain an RFID chip.  From that RFID chip the police were
 BA> able to (1) determine the manufacturer,
 BA> the manufacturing plant and date shipped; (2) the store that eventually
 BA> received that
 BA> particular box, (3) the specific date, time and register that box was
 BA> sold and to
 BA> whom (the fellow paid with a check) and (4) they got a nice video, with
 BA> date/time
 BA> stamp, of the individual going through the checkout line from the
 BA> store's video monitors.
 BA> All in just a few hours.  The police simply went to his home and picked
 BA> him up, the
 BA> guy was flabbergasted.


How about hard drives in copier machines?

Wired.com just did a piece on them.

Modern copiers have hard drives in them and one can reproduce any document
copied on a newer machine.

Examples given were a police sex crimes division and medical records
from used copiers purchased expressly in order to demonstrate this
vulnerability.

I personally was required to send a copy of pretty much  ALL my personal
information
in the form of state I.D., birth certificate and bank statement to obtain a 
transportationally disadvantaged monthly discounted bus pass and that in short
gave
anyone getting ahold of that hard drive all they need to steal my identity.



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