Re: (forward message on privacy)

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From tomj Tue Mar  8 18:49:17 1994
From: tomj (Tom Jennings)
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Subject: Re: (forward message on privacy) (fwd)
To: flesh@fido.wps.com (Flesh)
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 1994 18:49:15 -0800 (PST)
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> Today I ran into a situation that made me completely nausiated and feel like
> my privacy had been completely invaded... It involves a chip which is 
> implanted in animals and used for identification... 


Humans are worth more money, and genotyping will do the same thing, for
cheaper, and with little outcry. Implanted chips means at least a
doctors visit for every humasn in the country; genotyping only happens
like fingerprinting, when you get a drivers license or soemthing. 

I think the underlying concern is OK, but misplaced worrying about
kitty-cats. Cats can certainly be violated, but usually aren't aware of
it ahead of time, and there's not much they can do about it :-)

Consider also they generally *kill* cats they can't return. A chip
implant under these circumstances seems not a problem. 

-- 
 Tom Jennings -- tomj@wps.com -- World Power Systems --  San Francisco, Calif.

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> > Today I ran into a situation that made me completely nausiated and feel like
> > my privacy had been completely invaded... It involves a chip which is 
> > implanted in animals and used for identification... 


My first worry was whether it could be read at a distance, like
doorway radar scanners in the Mall.  That would impose a privacy
problem on the human possibly accompanying the animal.

If not (apparantly that's the case now), then I don't have a problem
with it.  Also, you could always remove it if needed.

sdw
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