RFID on the Horizon
The latest step in the seemingly inevitable goal to have each and every American tagged, and electronically monitored by the government — for national security reasons of course — is beginning to take shape.
It’s likely we will soon have RFID chips embedded in our drivers licenses that will emit a signal within a 10 meter radius. The chips can be used to monitor and record your movements.
“A simple, inexpensive radio receiver placed alongside the road will be able to record the identity, location, date and time of everyone in your car, even as you drive by on your way to the customs booth.”
The author of the article I linked to also brought up another overlooked point regarding drivers licenses.
“Take out your vehicle registration and read the fine print on the back — right above where you signed your name — noting, particularly, the phrase: ‘this commercial vehicle.’
“Now, the reason the state wants you to declare that you might wish to allow use of your vehicle for commercial purposes is because strictly personal travel on public roads is a fundamental right. And no one needs special permission from the government to exercise a right. It is only using the public roads for commercial purposes that is a revocable ‘privilege.’”
Of course people will claim that it’s necessary for security, and it won’t be abused. But a diminishing number people will continue to justify these ever increasing privacy violations until every movement and transaction we make is monitored by the federal government.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:26 am
And the only people they will be able to track are the law-abiding citizens. Illegals, who we have no idea who they REALLY are, will be given drivers licenses allowing us to track a person with no real identity. What good is that? It’s a joke!
December 14th, 2007 at 11:33 am
yeah, it doesn’t make sense.