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Originally Posted by THESHAOLIN1
...I bet most of you would line up to get microchipped.....
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I'd be first in the queue. By the way, you seem to be confusing "wanting to live in a dictatorship" with "making good use of technology".
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Originally Posted by tweetypie/8
i cant understand what all the fuss is about,here in n.ireland we have always had photographic id on our driving licences and in the bad old days of bombings were asked regularly for id and were subject to body searches and had no choice in the matter.
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Well I wouldn't want to be asked to show my ID every time I took a walk in Hyde Park, but there are many instances where the technology can be put to good use. When I've been pulled over by the police while driving, they've asked to see my driving licence, which I never carry around. In London you can make small purchases just by swiping a card over a reader in a shop - no need for a PIN or a signature. What a brilliant idea! I have to carry around lots of keys, which is simply archaic. Swipe cards are useful, but again you have to carry them around and there is a risk you might lose them.
An implanted microchip would be much more convenient.