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To: khnyny
Ok, I got off on a bit of a tangent. What I was trying to convey is what's the big deal about that technology - cell phone tracking - when there are already so many other technologies that make it possible to track someone?

If you drive an On-Star equipped vehicle.

If you have LoJack anti-theft protection.

If you have a ez-pass toll-road (or equivalent) tag on your car.

Any RFID tags on your clothes or any items around you.

Your company badge, drivers license, etc. may have an RFID tag in it. eg. if you can wave your badge in front of a reader panel - that's RFID.

In an urban setting via any number of surveillance cameras.

Good old fashioned tail.

Really, once you become a "person of interest" you're going to be tracked. Heck, just taking excessive steps not to be tracked may make you a person of interest - as in "what is he/she hiding?"

I guess my feeling is, sure, the technology could be used to track you, but it is no big deal when there are sooo many other ways to keep an eye on someone. And that's not even getting into the fancy stuff like aerial surveillance, chemical tagging agents, bugging, wire-tapping, internet monitoring, etc.

15 posted on 11/17/2008 7:36:09 PM PST by CodeMasterPhilzar
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To: CodeMasterPhilzar

****Ok, I got off on a bit of a tangent. What I was trying to convey is what’s the big deal****

Whats the big deal?

How is that attitude helpful to a roomful of patriots that are trying to arm themselves with the knowledge that it will take to be prepared in the coming years?

How are you helping this community prepare for a future that will need input like this to help it avoid unnecessary interference from a possibly hostile government?


17 posted on 11/17/2008 8:25:18 PM PST by ResponseAbility (Government tends to never fix the problems it creates in the first place)
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To: CodeMasterPhilzar

Is it true that my passport or drivers licence will be invalidated if the RFID chip is disabled?


20 posted on 11/17/2008 9:45:12 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (Obama/Biden...change you can laugh at!)
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To: CodeMasterPhilzar
Good old fashioned tail...


27 posted on 11/18/2008 12:44:09 PM PST by Petronski (For the next few years, Gethsemane will not be marginal. We will know that garden. -- Cdl. Stafford)
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