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Lowjacked

July 14, 2004 19:45:06.845

Windley reports that Mexico's AG is now lowjacked:

Mexico's Attorney General now has a non-removable microchip implanted in his arm to give him access to the countries crime database and track his movements. The device will be deactivated after he leaves office. I guess if someone kidnaps him now they'll be forced to cut off his arm to keep from being tracked.

Now, combine that with Joi Ito's story from Japan:

Japan: Schoolkids to be tagged with RFID chips
Japanese authorities decide tracking is best way to protect kids

The rights and wrongs of RFID-chipping human beings have been debated since the tracking tags reached the technological mainstream. Now, school authorities in the Japanese city of Osaka have decided the benefits outweigh the disadvantages and will now be chipping children in one primary school.

The future arrived while I wasn't looking...

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Big Brother

[Peter William Lount] July 15, 2004 20:15:38.057

The dark future of Big Brother arrived while you were not looking.

Big Brother has arrived in the USA with the Patriot Act as well as the recent court decision that email in transit through the USA isn't private until it lands in your personal mail box - no permission needed for wiretaps of email communications!

Very scary.

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