Comments on: 4 Scary Toys in Big Brother’s Toolbox

By: Orange

Orange — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:12:24 +0000

To FYI- Incorrect spelling and sentence run-ons affect all of us, too!

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:06:01 +0000

That’s it! I’m putting my tinfoil hat on now. I’d like to see them get through my lead underpants.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:59:20 +0000

The whole thing on RFID is dumb. The writer(s) of this article obviously don’t understand the technology.

It’s not like GPS. Once you leave the realm of RFID infrastructure (which is costly to implement), there is no way to track an individual tag.

So they could not, say, sell you a shirt, then track where the shirt goes after it leaves the mall. Sure, they could set up RFID infrastructure all over the mall to track where you went after you left their store, but that’s more for marketing purposes than some sinister government plot.

Do your research. Yes, being in a bunch of databases just sucks… But it’s the price we pay for living in an ever-connected and highly competitive business arena, where advertisers have to try harder to figure out how to sell us stuff.

RFID has limitations… And so does GPS. RFID tags can be tiny, but have limited tracking capability. GPS can go anywhere you have line-of-sight to the sky, but is pretty bulky (no implantation possible at this time)

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:27:42 +0000

Big Brother this, Big Brother that. While everyone is worried about the government invading their privacy Big Business is doing just that. I fear Corporate America more than the government. Gas prices, food prices, energy prices, medical costs…if there’s a profit to be had, Big Business is going to squeeze it out of you while paying their workers the least amount possible. And unfortunately there is a profit in personal data, more so for Big Business than Big Brother. Next time you’re worried about someone spying on you, check for the RFID chip on your cereal box or your TIVO keeping tabs on what you watch instead of the camera watching the public streets or your luggage being checked at the airport.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:04:10 +0000

And now there are four more reasons why I moved to New Zealand…

By: James Carrigan

James Carrigan — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:02:26 +0000

Well i hope they track this! I own several guns i prefer anarchy over this insanity and i’ll gladly bear arms in revolution against the neo america socialist and facist agenda, wich translates to enslavement of everyone where rights are replaced by privlages! but wait the’ll be coming for the second amendment next, hahahah come to my house! and no one has seen anything yet just wait, wait till things get worse economically and politically and pressure on the government to exposes thier true dark side. Then maybe enough people will wake up, we dont need a chip to get food its grows out of the ground, we dont need thier airplanes to get around, we dont need big brothers helping hand its time to cut it off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: FYI

FYI — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:16:47 +0000

All of you that think this doesn’t pertain to you or that this doesn’t affect you YOUR WRONG. Those in power can use all info to stay in power and to take enemies out of power. Do you think journalism will be open and honest with constant monitoring. Do you think this will help a 2 party system stay 2 party? This affects all of us wake up.

By: Free Xbox 360 Elite

Free Xbox 360 Elite — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:41:49 +0000

This can be frightening. Which is why laws and transparency is needed to protect ourselves.

By: FACT CHECKER

FACT CHECKER — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:21:34 +0000

Dude, check your facts.

DHS has repeatedly stated that they will not implement the tazer wrist band and the pet implants are the size of a grain of rice, not a grain of sand.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:07:05 +0000

I put a chip programmed with all my personal data in the ‘material’ every I go to the bathroom.

Big Brother gave up ‘watching’ me…’he’ just thinks I’m a worthless piece of crap.