Hello Steve,

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

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

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

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

Works for dogs. Why not people?

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
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.

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
an official report for Britain's Information Commissioner Richard
Thomas into the spread of surveillance technology.

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
its citizens the most spied-upon in the free world.

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
other spy technologies.

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

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

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
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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Mulling over LEE LOFASO to STEVE ASHER 30 Oct 2006

G'day Lee,

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

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

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

You mean someone might want to "bring it on", like this?

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Muslim 'wanted new 9/11'

November 04, 2006

A MUSLIM accused of inciting murder during a protest wanted a new 9/11
across Europe, a court heard yesterday.

Mizanur Rahman, 23, was also said to have called for the
oindiscriminate killingoe of American and British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He is alleged to have made the remarks as he demonstrated outside the
Danish Embassy in London after cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad
appeared in a Danish newspaper.

Rahman is said to have told fellow demonstrators: "Oh Allah, we want
to see another 9/11 in Iraq, another 9/11 in Denmark, another 9/11 in
Spain, in France, all over Europe. Oh Allah, destroy all of them."

The Old Bailey was told he was filmed carrying placards with the
slogans "let's annihilate those who insult Islam" and "behead those
who insult Islam".

Rahman, of Palmers Green, North London, denies all the charges.

The trial continues.

"The Sun" - http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006510314,00.html -------------------------------------------------------------------

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

Works for dogs. Why not people?

Here, Rover! Woof!

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
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.

Of course. It can be a way of "avoiding" the check-in queue at airports, crossing borders etc - think how convenient it will be to just breeze
through, while the un-chipped are vetted & scanned...

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
an official report for Britain's Information Commissioner Richard
Thomas into the spread of surveillance technology.

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
its citizens the most spied-upon in the free world.

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
other spy technologies.

[...]

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
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.

Yes, every bureacrat, spammer, scammer, marketer, social worker, doctor, policeman etc would be waiting to scan your chip & summon up your life
story. You could create a caste society, where high-caste citizens get privileges according to RFID code, much like telephone subscribers are categorised as "normal", "urgent" and "essential" - the "normal" ones
might be left to die or "put down" after a terror event, bird flu,
tsunami - Hurricane K, even!

Cheers, Steve..

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