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Originally posted by AlphaHumana
No cash = much less robbery/muggings! Sure, somebody still wants your stuff, but thievery for mere cash is much less sophisticated for obvious reasons. I don't generally carry cash because I don't need to - no cigarette/drug/alcohol problems that would lend to that practice.
The video posted by IR84 is interesting to watch, but it basically says that national ID cards = false sense of security (the guy is up to funny business in the end, right?)
Originally posted by Funkydung
with this card(that has an RFID chip in it) they can monitor what you buy...what your favorite foods are what your entertainment is what sort of shampoo you buy what sort of sexual vices you have and on and on and on and then market all of these things straight to YOU thru advertising. why would they do this? as a form of control.
to control your thoughts basically to give you the urge to go buy.
Originally posted by Johnmike
So the nitwits can't come up with an actual argument against a national ID card. Okay. Lol.
As for tracking what you buy, that's only going to happen if you need it to buy things. I don't think you'd be forced to use it, but with the amount of credit card usage today, I doubt that it would be much different for most people.
Maine legislators resolved recently to reject the federal Real ID Act of 2005, this piece says. The law requires states to replace their driver's licenses with identification cards embedded with the personal information of their holders. Information like Social Security numbers, birth certificates, proof of residency and fingerprints would be stored digitally on the cards and housed in a national database accessible to government employees at all levels. Critics say storing everyone's information in a single database creates too many privacy risks and would make identity theft too easy. The story indicates that the card is intended to ensure that individuals are in the country legally.
Originally posted by Funkydung
..storing everyone's information in a single database creates too many privacy risks and would make identity theft too easy..