OT: Security --> Paranoia

[Korombos]

Jim,
  Worse than that, the "on-star" for children has been around for about 5
years. On the east coast in select towns, children are embedded with a
microchip. When they goto school, it automatically takes attendance when
they enter their class rooms. When they goto lunch, it automatically
deducts the lunch ammount from a prepaid "lunch card ballance". Moreso, it
notifies the front office if a child leaves the school property before end
of school. Of course, we use this technology on animals as well. Tis sad.
Big Brother has been here far longer than people really think or care.

--Korombos

At 06:17 PM 3/3/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Just after reading the posts about those two machines being rooted, I saw an
>ad for On-Star.  Perhaps because I was thinking about the cracks, my mind
>wandered like this...first they put devices in cars so that they can 'help'
>you, even going so far as to know who you are and where you are... next they
>offer to embed these 'devices' in your child, just so that you can be able
>to locate the child should he/she become lost/kidnapped...eventually we live
>in a country where Big Brother knows where every one of its subjects is at
>all times.
>
>The fact that this device is available from a corporation (GM, to be
>specific) worries me even more.  This is supposed to be a government of, by,
>and for the people but it is looking an awful lot like a government of, by,
>and for the corporations lately.
>
>Jim
>ICQ9460467
>the future is now
>
>
>
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