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Nothing is Really Stopping the Government From Using RFID on the Populace.

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Radio frequency identification has been in use for many years now.

Animals have been tagged with RID devices in order to assist people in finding their lost, loved family pet as well as to store important health related information as well.

While that is the more common and well know use for radio frequency technology , there are a wide variety of uses springing up due to the decreased cost of these miniscule little electronic watch dog devices.

Marathon races have begun utilizing them in order to keep more accurate time for all the racers involved.

Many countries including Norway, Iceland, Japan, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Australia and the United States have begun using RFID devices in passports; the U.S. alone has issued over 25 million passports with RFID devices since 2005.

Various municipalities in many different countries have been using them as easy tags for people that commonly use toll roads allowing them to complete their travels in a more efficient and timely manner.

Similar types of devices are being used to make public transit more accessible and efficient allowing people to load devices with necessary funds for the train, subway, or other forms of public transportation.

As the technology becomes more affordable, more and more uses will continue to surface; many businesses have been using RID tags for years in order to track their products as they move all around the world.

Basically what these little devices allow the owner to do is track whomever and whatever they desire.

With international travel becoming more affordable and common, more and more Americans will be applying for passports and getting government issued ID tags.

What is to stop the government from collaborating with other institutions to track the holders of the millions of RFID passports that have been issued and will soon be?

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Where’s Waldo?

The age old game will become a bit of an oxymoron if the government continues using RFID technology to the fullest.

According to officials, the devices in passports contain the same data as listed in the passport already along with a digital image.

If that is the case, then why have them? It seems like a pretty big waste of money!

That is, if that is the only use…

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Human Implants

Using RFID devices in humans is becoming a more common practice.

Nightclub owner Conrad Chase started offering RFID devices to some of his VIP patrons in Barcelona, Spain, as well as in Rotterdam, The Netherlands as an easy means to pay for drinks.

The Mexican Attorney General implanted eighteen members of his staff in 2004 in order to better monitor access to a secure room.

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