Federal Administration Becomes Even More Obtrusive, "Boater ID"
 

On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:45:29 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:47:36 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:

Yes, this whole movement scares me and should anybody that has ever
read the book 1984.
http://www.epic.org/privacy/rfid/

Absolutely. The book was mildly amusing when I read it as a kid back
in the 50s or early 60s when we were still using vacuum tubes to
perform most electronic functions, and the idea of a world wide
communications network with universal connectivity would have been
regarded as science fiction material.

The social and political landscape has changed a great deal also, to
the point where some of the concepts from "1984" are beginning to
sound like a good idea to some folks.

I really think you guys are over reacting to this.

With respect to intrusion, if they wanted to eliminate your health
insurance, they could just do it - trust me I know.

With my arthritis condition, our carrier could have canceled a long
time ago - without getting into details, think of a million dollars
and divide by four - that's just one med. I'm on the hook for the
others as they are considered "experimental", but they still pick up
half the costs which leaves me with a mid-five figure bill every year.

They have more than enough data on me as it is - a little more ain't
gonna hurt anything.

And if it keeps me out of a wheel chair for another five years, well,
that's good enough for me.

LONG LIVE IMPLANTABLE CHIPS!!! :)

Federal Administration Becomes Even More Obtrusive, "Boater ID"
 

On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:12:33 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:29:23 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

Do you still think ID chips are a good idea?

Ummm - yes?

Tell you what - it saves a lot of time registering at the hospital.

Scanner hits you at the door, wham, bam, thank you 'mam, do your thing
and your out.

Had a special blood test today which normally takes 30 minutes from
the time I get there to the time I'm back out the door. Total elapsed
time - 8 minutes and the only person I saw was the vampire.

This afternoon, had to see the blood doc - in the door, see the doc,
out the door in 30 minutes - some people where still registering.

Can't beat it.

===========================

And that's how it will start...

Federal Administration Becomes Even More Obtrusive, "Boater ID"
 

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:33:55 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

I think they are good for other people, after all if you have nothing to
hide, why worry about it. I have nothing to fear if they put them in
other people.

I'm sure that is intended humoursly but think about the implications.
Once the vast majority of the population has chips "because they had
nothing to hide", anyone without a chip would become immediately
suspect, sort of like someone without a drivers license is today.

Welcome to Planet Mongo.

Federal Administration Becomes Even More Obtrusive, "Boater ID"
 

On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:11:25 -0500, penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:47:36 -0500, Gene Kearns
wrote:
|
|I suppose the chips in your tires (true) scare the hell out of you.
|
|Yes, this whole movement scares me and should anybody that has ever
|read the book 1984.
|http://www.epic.org/privacy/rfid/
|
|I guess you don't use Google (or any other search engine that sells
|your info), own a credit/debit card and you don't own anything with a
|title? Do you have a customer card at a store, toll transponder in
|your car, go to the doctor or use a cell phone?
|Just the things a credit bureau knows about you is scary but if that
|girl talks to her friend at an insurance company they can create a
|dossier on you that would make the Stasi proud.
|When the government wants to investigate someone these days they just
|start mining the data that is spinning on corporate disk drives. which
|is available to just about anyone who is willing to pay for it.

So.... I need to add personal wireless tattletales to this mess since
it is already such a mess?

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