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To: tejek who wrote (233613)	5/19/2005 12:56:58 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571699

"Real ID: A License to Kill" That article misses some of the fun stuff. RF id tags are neat devices. But, if they do with what they did with the ones they are requiring for passports, the data isn't encrypted. And the readers are readily available. So if a certain person sees someone they think is cute, the get within 1-5 meters, depending on the type of tag they go with and lift out of their ID card a picture, name, address, possibly phone number and any other information the government mandates goes into these things. Given that they will almost certainly require that all public buildings have readers built into the doorframes that connect to a central database, all of your movements can be tracked. And so on. 1984 is coming a little late, but it is getting here.