tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post114059088048969490..comments2024-03-23T19:16:01.555-07:00Comments on Can it happen here?: National ID cards: is resistance futile?janinsanfranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-1145824857954796472006-04-23T13:40:00.000-07:002006-04-23T13:40:00.000-07:00I, also, experience a high level of anxiety that t...I, also, experience a high level of anxiety that too many people will allow the adoption of VeriChips based on their benefits, without recognition of the opportunity for abuse also present.<BR/><BR/>I feel a sense of alarm that your experience, about which you write, indicates many of our young people seem so willing to accept whatever technology offers without concern for the rights they are relinquishing. <BR/><BR/>Why is it so many never appreciate what they've lost until it is gone, possibly irretrievable?<BR/><BR/>Guess it falls to all of us to keep the conversation on personal privacy central though whatever means we have at our disposal.<BR/><BR/>Appreciate the opportunity to read you from the link at TGB.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-1145700778785668152006-04-22T03:12:00.000-07:002006-04-22T03:12:00.000-07:00Thanks for pointing to the Monbiot piece. What mos...Thanks for pointing to the Monbiot piece. What most horrified me in the New York Times piece I quoted was the acceptance in Spain and Amsterdam of VeriChips to get into nightclubs more quickly or run a bar tab. It shows how easily this technology will be accepted by people for mere convenience without thought to the loss of personal privacy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com