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Forced RFID Implantation Illegal in North Dakota

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From the "don't forget we're people, not products" department, North Dakota is the second state to ban forced RFID implantation. However, even if this is a step in the right direction, does it do enough? It doesn't ban voluntary implantation and last I checked a lot of things that aren't really "voluntary" are treated such under law:

But Michael Shamos, a professor who specializes in security issues at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, believes the law is too vague to do much good. For instance, it only addresses situations where a chip is injected, even though RFID tags can also be swallowed. And it doesn't clearly define what a forced implant really is; someone could make chipping a requirement for a financial reward.

"Suppose I offer to pay you $10,000 if you have an RFID [chip] implanted?" he asked. "Is that 'requiring' if it's totally voluntary on your part?"

It's a poor example, but the right idea. Instead, what if you are offered a high paying job and move your family to a new state, get settled and begin the orientation process for your new job. You find out that they require RFID implants for "security" (which has been proven to weaken security). How much free will do you have in this instance? Can you really afford not to take the job now?

Another example, perhaps not so drastic. Companies push and push and finally get most everyone to use RFID implants as identification and method of payment. Because you're smart enough to know what a bad thing this is, you refuse, but find yourself inconvenienced everywhere. You can only shop at certain stores that still have non-RFID checkout. You pay an extra "cash handling" fee for not using the new methods. You have to drive 20 miles away to the only gas station around that's equiped to take non-RFID transactions.

Is it still a choice?

Note that both Spychips.com and Privacy.org are carrying this story and that Spychips lists Ohio, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Florida as more states with anti-implantation bills in the works. The first state to pass such a bill was Wisconsin (note the same flaw as the ND bill).

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The only way to stop RFID implementation is to show how easy they are to hack (and they are)
Make people aware that the technology is next to useless at best, and in reality, very dangerous.

I want to be clear that I can see vast positive uses for RFID because there are. But tracking people and using it for more control and manipulation of consumers is not one of them.

Lily Warren says:

Bush Family Vendetta Leads to Illegal RFID Implant in Cousin:

Lily Warren suspects that The Bush Family — her cousins — has implanted a RFID Microchip in her. Lily has contacted Attorney General Eric Holder’s office about this situation and looks forward to getting her civil rights back. Please see http://www.youtube.com/justfax

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. 🙂 Cheers! Sandra. R.

I hate to spoil someones secrecy, however I believe it is for the better of all Humans.
The United States Federal Law Enforcement Agencies have been covertly Microchipping individuals for over thirty years. May be many state agencies may have been doing it as well.
People who are suspected of basically “Thought Crime” are the primary targets.
African-Americans who believe that the Constitution also applies to them are the major targets of “Thought Crime entrapment”, Usually they are manipulated into selling drugs, with the help of the RFID.
When it is possible to track and identify remotely, and to do this without the knowledge of targeted individual, it becomes easer to manipulate a person. Adof Hitler would have loved the RFID Implant, and would have definitely use it on all of the potential victims of the Holocaust.

Savant, I think you’re suggesting things that there’s really no evidence for, but I respect your opinion and at the very least we agree that RFID is extremely dangerous as is and should probably never be used in any type of human implantation. Just don’t promote hate and we can still agree 🙂

That’s very disturbing given that RFID is widely used today. RFID should be used in improving stuffs not spying on people. The only people who spies other people is only paranoid people.

I was horrified to hear about the Obamacare RFID chip and now I will not vote him in again ( didn’t the first time) We should fight this completely unconstitutional idea until we’re red, white and blue in the face. This sounds like a dictatorship not a free country, where we can refuse something like this. I read someone’s post that Hitler would surely have ordered chipping done. Its “We the people” not “we (your) test subjects”. My ancestor John Hancock must be turning in his grave.

Jeanne Coppola says:

Please keep me informed about this issue. This is the most horrifying thing I ever heard. Next they will be implanting chips in our brains. This is interfering with the natural process of life. What can I do to help stop this?

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