Journal orthogonal's Journal: Visitors to US to be tagged with RFID by Homeland Security 4
silicon.com reports that 'the US Department of Homeland Security has decided to trial RFID tags'
Welcome to the Land of the Free!, number 4c62c570-70c5-11d9-9669-0800200c9a66! You'll be reflecting at 2450 MHz, enjoy your stay!
The article goes on to explain that
The testing phase will continue until the spring of next year. The exact way RFID will be used with the travellers is not yet known.
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US Under Secretary for Border & Transportation Security, Asa Hutchinson, said in a statement: "Through the use of radio frequency technology, we see the potential to not only improve the security of our country, but also to make the most important infrastructure enhancements to the US land borders in more than 50 years."
What is your frequency, Kenneth?
Remind me again why the most talented foreign scientists are no longer doing research in America?
And how soon will the "success" of this program lead to tagging government employees and contractors as a prelude to tagging all citizens?
They can't tag all citizens because... (Score:2)
I am *absolutely* confident that we can stop tagging of all US Citizens; even if the neoncons manage to get a court that would let them do it, this is beyond what the public will stand for. This is so obvious that even said neocons would not try it.
Government employees will almost certainly get RFID tags, especially in security-conscious sections.
Convicted felons? Parolees? We've already got the bracelets. Them too.
However, I fully expect the vast majority of people to carry
Y'know... (Score:2)
Re:They can't tag all citizens because... (Score:2)
Block the signal [rsasecurity.com] so you are not transmitting when you don't want to. Design the Faraday cage wallet and you have just made your millions.
except if you are saudi arabian (Score:2)