The good Charlie Cooper of CNET asks this question today about a California bill that bans the forced implant of RFID chips on humans...
From my vantage point in the peanut gallery, it's oh so tempting to hold our elected officials up to ridicule. But truth be told, it's sometimes impossible to resist. And when it comes to that increasingly busy intersection between the worlds of politics and technology, it seems the hits just keep on coming.
So it is that California State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) introduced a bill that would "prohibit any person from forcing any other person to undergo an implant in their body of a radio frequency identification device."
I kid thee not...
Well, Charlie, do you feel better or worse that the Simitian bill isn't exactly original? For example, let me introduce you to a sponsor of a similar bill: Wisconsin State Rep. Marlin Schneider. He enters the dumb contest with this added flair...
"Members of Congress better wake up to the fact that the biggest threat to our liberty isn't Al-Qaeda, but technology."
That bill, (http://lgdb.com/bill/show/94-California_2006_Identity_Information_Protection_Ac) is one of a couple of them.
This one (http://lgdb.com/bill/show/8881-California_2007_Privacy__Radio_Frequency_Identific ) has been approved by several committees, in contrast to the one you cite that hasn't even had a committee hearing yet.
There are bills on this topic all over the map: http://lgdb.com/search?q=radio%20frequency%20identification
Hope this helps!
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