[blau993]

Exactly how does the chip know who I am just because I walked into a drug store and bought a can of shaving cream?

[jim35]

By linking the check or credit card that you used to purchase the item with the unique number on the embedded chip. No reason the scanners can't be high powered, and read through walls, is there?

[freeeee]

Exactly how does the chip know who I am just because I walked into a drug store and bought a can of shaving cream?

Because you paid using a credit card/debit card/store loyalty card.

So you can pay with cash. But soon cash itself may have these chips too.

[L,TOWM]

C'mon---You know how things work around here---This is another "AntiChrist/Globafascist/Conspiracy to record my bowel movements" thread. YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED FROM APPLYING CRITICAL THINKING, LOGIC, AND REASON IN POSTING HEREIN.