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MineralMan

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10. Well, OK, then.

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #9)

Sun May 27, 2012, 03:09 PM

May 2012

You're safe...for now...

You can always wrap those RFID cards in aluminum foil. That'll keep them from being read.

Soon, a guy will walk into a store, and his cell phone will ring. It'll be the store, letting him know that there's a sale on Aisle 32. Bet on it.

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Students in Texas to be monitored by microchip [View all] Dragonbreathp9d May 2012 OP

I wonder who profits from the tax-funded purchase of this technology arcane1 May 2012 #1

And when kids find a way to mess with the system what then? tularetom May 2012 #2

Doubtful that would happen. jp11 May 2012 #11

Ah, a chip in their student ID card. MineralMan May 2012 #3

Wait until some genius plays with the data on the RFID chips. hobbit709 May 2012 #5

More likely, the kids will hack the things MineralMan May 2012 #8

none of mine do. hobbit709 May 2012 #9

Well, OK, then. MineralMan May 2012 #10

I am of two minds as well. jp11 May 2012 #12

And parents are now able to track their children MineralMan May 2012 #4

They already have chips planted in all of us, why not make good brewens May 2012 #6

Not everyone, just those of us who got the space alien anal probe treatment. HopeHoops May 2012 #13

Tell fundies it is "The Mark of The Beast" intaglio May 2012 #7

My kid's former school district had RFID tags. Igel May 2012 #14