posted on Mar, 19 2010 @ 12:30 AM
It's been a few months since I went to the library and it seems their check-out procedure has changed. It used to be you would scan the book with a
upc when checking out.
No more. Just set the books, yes plural, on the screen in the table and VOILA! up on the screen were the two books I had.
I must say, I about defecated a blue and gold brick. I know about this tech but haven't seen it used in real life. I'm not a fan at all of this tech
and this is just another step in implementing it. Seems like a great way to test it out on unsuspecting students - the library is right next to a
school and most there are from the school. I would bet they just think it's cool as it takes less time to check-out books.
This scares me. I've looked at the books and can't find it though I know it can be quite small. These could be anywhere and we wouldn't even know
it. As if they don't need another way to track us, what with everything monitored these days.
I go out in my backyard, supposedly a private place and I can be looked by satellite. My cell phone is a beacon telling them where I am at all times.
I would not doubt it if cash - that little strip in there - and credit/debit cards already have RFID in them, another way they can possibly track us.
I don't know about that but have heard of it and would not be surprised. Heck they can probably scan my house and find every product in here with a
RFID in it.
It wears on me, all this. I am not the most private person - I am posting on the net - but I would like some semblance of privacy, especially in my
own home.
How far has the tech invaded us? Why do TPTB have to know everything we do or say? How do I know that if I go to the health department and have to
take that idiotic TB test to get a food workers card that they are not putting one in me? It would not surprise me in the least that they have dropped
the RFID into our food so it's already in us and we therefore have no choice.
Do we have any choice anymore? I very seriously doubt it. Maybe my paranoia is taking over me a bit but I think not. This is tech that is very scary
and being implemented now.