Comment Re:A possible future solution. (Score 1) 186
Totally! I expect that there will be proprietary as well as open source models. The task then will be to support open source stuff and boycott proprietary ones.
Now, I don't expect that a quick check of arfids will ever be enough to get you through an airport check; after all, how likely is it that your bomb is storebought and properly arfid tagged? Not so much. But still there are tons of great uses these things could be put to, and in fact will be put to.
This thread seems to be dominated by fear of their darker uses; everyone's like microwave your clothes! Sure, I guess you could microwave your clothes, but if the rule of law is not preventing the government from tracking you illegally then, sorry folks, microwaving your clothes sure ain't gonna protect you. We already have plenty of tech available for the most screwed up totalitarian police state you could ever want. Arfids are just one more. Zapping them out of your clothes in a society where we will probably have software capable of IDing you from video footage before too long is not going to accomplish much. What WILL protect privacy is a vigilant legal effort. Our laws are the only thing currently protecting us from universal phone taps, government cameras in every home, etc. It's not the technology we need to worry about; it's the legal structures around it.
Now, I don't expect that a quick check of arfids will ever be enough to get you through an airport check; after all, how likely is it that your bomb is storebought and properly arfid tagged? Not so much. But still there are tons of great uses these things could be put to, and in fact will be put to.
This thread seems to be dominated by fear of their darker uses; everyone's like microwave your clothes! Sure, I guess you could microwave your clothes, but if the rule of law is not preventing the government from tracking you illegally then, sorry folks, microwaving your clothes sure ain't gonna protect you. We already have plenty of tech available for the most screwed up totalitarian police state you could ever want. Arfids are just one more. Zapping them out of your clothes in a society where we will probably have software capable of IDing you from video footage before too long is not going to accomplish much. What WILL protect privacy is a vigilant legal effort. Our laws are the only thing currently protecting us from universal phone taps, government cameras in every home, etc. It's not the technology we need to worry about; it's the legal structures around it.
