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Monday, February 06, 2006
RFID Biometrics vs ... God?
Occasionally something comes across the technology feeds that just makes you scratch your head and say, "WTF." Yes, I speak in acronyms for those who are curious. For better or (and?) worse the National ID tag is coming soon to a DMV near you. The NIST has now published the standard for the biometric data that will be included in aforementioned ID's for government employees. Here is the full documentation of the standard for those who are technically curious.
I know those of us out there are all champing at the bit to have a national standard for corporations to spy on our purchasing habits. I'm waiting for the day where signing up for grocery cards is going to require a scan of your license instead of a form (Note to self: Need to get a fake ID for the cats). Unfortunately, I don't trust the US Government to keep their national database out of the hands of marketers. Heck, they'll probably give information from it away just from a simple FIA request, much like our state universities are required to do. Despite the imminence of this stuff, some corporations can't even wait for the IDs to come into effect. Take, for instance, the interesting happenings at a Georgia Piggly Wiggly. They are pushing RFID and biometrics for "speed and efficiency" of customers. One would think that it would be privacy advocates protesting against such a move, but ... I guess that one demographic is good for something after all. |
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This is hysterical. Especially the part where the Piggly Wiggly spokeswoman comes back with her own theological interpretation of the Book of Revelation as it pertains to her corporate policy. Still, does this mean that Piggly Wiggly is doing the Devil's work?
Oh, and as an aside: for those of you who don't think that the name "Piggly Wiggly" is amusing enough, I once was driving through Alabama and came upon a "Hoggly Woggly"
5:43 PM, February 06, 2006
Where is Buck when you need him?
DMV's already are forbidden to share information they collect by federal law but they do find ways around it and frequently sell the information illegally.
Boing Boing has a similar article dealing with religious crazies reacting to the feds incorporating RFID into passports including this delicious piece of crazy:
No mark of the beast for me you Luciferian beehivers. You can take all those RFID chips wrapped like a burrito in the HR 4(6+6+6) national id bill and stick it up yor own arse!
Jesus is the way, not the antichrist of the beast system. Read God's words in the Book of Revelation lest your soul is burned in hell. The great test is upon us all...
6:49 PM, February 06, 2006
I doubt that the DMV will be under control of the database, they are just the agent through which the IDs are distributed. I am pretty sure that we will find our ID Database under the auspices of Homeland Security (shudder), which as we know operates under different laws entirely.
8:20 PM, February 06, 2006
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