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Just call me The Major.
originally posted by: SirKonstantin
Just so you know, when the inevitable robot takeover occurs after the technological singularity, I'll be the first gal in line to sign up for a robotic transplant.
I'm playing for the winning team, damnit.
G.I.T.S. much? lol
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: ScientificRailgun
Strange at first, but you adjust to it quickly and don't even notice it's there after a few days.
Personally, I would never get used to the idea of a monitoring device used to track me.
Enjoy your Utopia.
And tracking? That's certainly a possibility, but could be at least subverted a bit by forbidding the installation of any WAN-enabled hardware on the chip. If it responds using RFID only, it would be via near-field communication only, so tracking someone would be harder
A passive tag is an RFID tag that does not contain a battery; the power is supplied by the reader. When radio waves from the reader are encountered by a passive rfid tag, the coiled antenna within the tag forms a magnetic field. The tag draws power from it, energizing the circuits in the tag. The tag then sends the information encoded in the tag's memory.
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The advantages of a passive tag are:
The tag functions without a battery; these tags have a useful life of twenty years or more.
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The tag is much smaller (some tags are the size of a grain of rice). These tags have almost unlimited applications in consumer goods and other areas.
Passive RFID "tags"
Really? Do you own a cell phone? Are you used to using it?
You're on the internet currently, so you either own a computer or have access to one with various accounts created for your usage on various sites as well.
Something tells me you are already intimately used to monitoring devices used to track you. You are just choosing to remain ignorant that they are doing it (or just don't think about it).
Unless your hand passes within at best a few inches from a reader, it's not going to read. It's that simple, and the source you linked explains why very succinctly. But as others have pointed out, if you've ever bought anything online, or own a cellphone, a credit card, or even have an active bank account, you're already being tracked.
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: ScientificRailgun
And tracking? That's certainly a possibility, but could be at least subverted a bit by forbidding the installation of any WAN-enabled hardware on the chip. If it responds using RFID only, it would be via near-field communication only, so tracking someone would be harder
Passive RFID technology is already here. They say its range is limited, but they always 'say' stuff like that. Not to hard to see down the road a little to those implants that "activate" when passing by sensors installed everywhere people pass by. Roadways, cross walks, thresholds in buildings, subways, sporting events, whatever.
A passive tag is an RFID tag that does not contain a battery; the power is supplied by the reader. When radio waves from the reader are encountered by a passive rfid tag, the coiled antenna within the tag forms a magnetic field. The tag draws power from it, energizing the circuits in the tag. The tag then sends the information encoded in the tag's memory.
---
The advantages of a passive tag are:
The tag functions without a battery; these tags have a useful life of twenty years or more.
---
The tag is much smaller (some tags are the size of a grain of rice). These tags have almost unlimited applications in consumer goods and other areas.
Passive RFID "tags"
(Emphasis added)
It's not exactly personal info to disclose that you own a cell phone. Now if he had asked for your phone number, that would be a different story.
originally posted by: intrptr
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: intrptr
I see you didn't discount what I said. Nice deflection, though.
I very much doubt you post your personal info here.
Asking others to do that is a violation of TnC.
Do you own a cell phone?
Unless your hand passes within at best a few inches from a reader, it's not going to read. It's that simple,
But as others have pointed out, if you've ever bought anything online, or own a cellphone, a credit card, or even have an active bank account, you're already being tracked.
BAM! And I didn't even disclose any PERSONAL information.
What if they implant a child at birth? is he automatically marked for
Satan?
Have we ever agree or not argued about something? I'm genuinely curious.
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: ScientificRailgun
Unless your hand passes within at best a few inches from a reader, it's not going to read. It's that simple,
Thank you I already know what they tell us about the current technology.
Like I told Crazy shot, that other stuff is none of your business.
But as others have pointed out, if you've ever bought anything online, or own a cellphone, a credit card, or even have an active bank account, you're already being tracked.
Doesn't that just confound you? You think everyone must be like you, huh…
All plugged in… the way it "ought" to be, right?
Do you think everyone needs to have those things?
Have we ever agree or not argued about something? I'm genuinely curious.