Then there will be the total digitalization of currency. You won't be able to buy anything with cash. Every financial transaction will be monitored. Of course, this will be geotagged and cross referenced with your automobile use and health passport.
Add to that the complete metering and reporting of your utility usage to government to stop climate change. Of course, there will be the handy-dandy smartphone app so you can monitor your usage too, because you want to "feel" like you are doing something good. We might as well incorporate all these things in a smartphone app; your health passport, ID, digital wallet, auto-usage, utility usage ... everything in one place for your convivence and safety.
Can't afford a smartphone? It is a fundamental 1st Amendment right for free speech. The government will you give you a free smartphone so you can freely speak and they can freely listen. Because, you know, if the government gives you something they have a right to track it. It's really not yours. Every conversation, every text message, and every social media post will be free and recorded by government for your safety and protection.
Big Brother will know your every movement. Already in the works is tracking your car mileage to tax you, but they won’t be looking at your odometer. It will evolve into a GPS system that reports every movement you make which will be stored for what is explained to be innocuous reasons, such as determining road and bridge use for planning future infrastructure maintenance. If you live in the big city, don’t think you can go under the radar and use mass transit. You will be tracked getting on and off buses, subways and trains, using your health passport.
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Already doing it with most auto insurance companies. Either a plug-in device or a phone app is required to track every movement, location and time of day of your vehicle.
See Progressive, Root, All State, Farmers and others...
Can’t afford a smartphone? It is a fundamental 1st Amendment right for free speech. The government will you give you a free smartphone so you can freely speak and they can freely listen. Because, you know, if the government gives you something they have a right to track it. It’s really not yours. Every conversation, every text message, and every social media post will be free and recorded by government for your safety and protection
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In Colorado and most other states, you are/will be banned from all Unemployment Benefits starting April 1, 2021 unless you own a smart phone (it’s mandatory you verify your identity with photos taken of your drivers license with a smart phone and also a digital video selfie will be taken)
No smart phone, no benefits.