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Post #218,328 by bluke 8/9/05 6:02:04 AM Reply	Brit License Plates Get Chipped Big Brother is getting closer and closer. [link\|http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,68429,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1\|Brit License Plates Get Chipped ] The British government is preparing to test new high-tech license plates containing microchips capable of transmitting unique vehicle identification numbers and other data to readers more than 300 feet away. ... Officials in the United States say they'll be closely watching the British trial as they contemplate initiating their own tests of the plates, which incorporate radio frequency identification, or RFID, tags to make vehicles electronically trackable. ... Proponents argue that making such RFID tags mandatory and ubiquitous is a logical move to counter the threat of terrorists using the roadways, and that it will scoop up insurance and registration scofflaws in the process.
Post #218,329 by warmachine 8/9/05 6:27:10 AM 8/9/05 8:45:45 AM Reply	Not useful for surveillance Analysing someone by their car movements isn't going to be useful as it may not be them in the car. And once they park it, they could be in any building. I'll point out that the article is US centric and the phrase "Proponents argue that making such RFID tags mandatory and ubiquitous is a logical move to counter the threat of terrorists using the roadways" appears to be talking about the US propenent, Jerry Dike. Just as long as you don't think counter terrorism is common in Britsh policy justifications. Matthew Greet Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin? - Mark Renton, Trainspotting. Edited by warmachine Aug. 9, 2005, 08:45:45 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #218,336 by boxley 8/9/05 8:34:10 AM Reply	remember to bookmark this link [link\|http://rfidanalysis.org/\|http://rfidanalysis.org/] will take scofflawing to a new level. If you are driving a dodgy car it would be useful to have a chip that appears to a passed patrolman that you are perfectly fine so he doesnt have to take the time to investigate you. thanx, bill Just call me Mr. Lynch \\ Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 49 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #218,394 by pwhysall 8/9/05 2:59:01 PM Reply	A bit premature Preparing to test != rolling out Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!

Brit License Plates Get Chipped - (bluke) - (3) - Aug. 9, 2005, 06:02:04 AM EDT

Not useful for surveillance - (warmachine) - Aug. 9, 2005, 08:45:45 AM EDT

remember to bookmark this link - (boxley) - Aug. 9, 2005, 08:34:10 AM EDT

A bit premature - (pwhysall) - Aug. 9, 2005, 02:59:01 PM EDT

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