We knew they'd start chipping people some day...

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Betty

....I don't want the manufacturer of my tires, or anyone he sells that service to, to know where I when my car drives to. Or how fast the tires are going. Or anything else big brotherly like that....

The only way they could do that is to line the roads with readers. Ain't going to happen.

I have no fear of RFID chips. The technology simple doesn't allow the kind of tracking that people seem to fear. I don't even have a problem with having them implanted - as long as it is voluntary. Regardless of how innocuous the technology, I would oppose mandatory implanting.

My work ID has a RFID chip implanted in it. It makes opening the security doors so much easier than the old system; Id cards with magnetic strips that you had to swipe multiple times before the door would unlock. We all love it.

[€uroMeinke]

My issue with RFID is that they are so commonplace that I often trigger door alarms at various stores. So far I just keep walking and no one does anything.

[Alex]

Is it a specific one? I keep my work entry card in my wallet (reader range limited so I still have to take it out of my pocket and hold it to the sensor by the door; this leads to some interesting configurations as people with full hands try to maneuver their butt close enough to the sensor) so it is always with me and I don't think I ever have.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

The "tiny steps towards Big Brother/Armageddon/etc" is almost never a good argument, IMHO, because each one of us has some instance of "tiny steps" that they're ok with. Take the dual sides of gun control vs right to bear arms. One could argue that each stance is baby steps away from an awful end result - either a government that strips everyone of their protection, or a populace that settles scores with duels. Whatever you're ok with, I can come up with a horrible possibility of misuse.

You personally may not carry a cell phone, but do any of you view cell phones as a danger to your privacy and freedom? If you fear RFID but not your cell phone, you've got it backwards.

I personally would not agree to implant RFID tech into my body just for my job's sake. My joke about not letting work get under my skin was also a true statement. It has little to do with being tracked, though - it's idea of modifying my body for my job which is abhorrent to me. I'm sure this has to do with my personal aversion to tattooing and piercing (I love it on others but I'd never do it to myself). I could see myself, a while from now, considering chip implantation for identification purposes, but that's a ways off, and I'd find out exactly what I was getting into first.

People always complain about having to carry a library card...

[CoasterMatt]

gun control is being able to hit what you're aiming at...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Alex

Is it a specific one? I keep my work entry card in my wallet (reader range limited so I still have to take it out of my pocket and hold it to the sensor by the door; this leads to some interesting configurations as people with full hands try to maneuver their butt close enough to the sensor) so it is always with me and I don't think I ever have.

When I come back from soccer, my wallet is in my shoe. I feel like Maxwell Smart every time i open a door with my shoe.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

gun control is being able to hit what you're aiming at...

I really miss my ex...

But my aim is improving.