On not learning from history

"I wrote this piece before the passport ID fiasco came to light. I think its points are still valid.] One use of implantable RFID chips is as replacements for biometric (and other) identification. Implant a chip in your hand and — voila! — a single flamboyant gesture grants access to your car, home, work, bank account, credit, theater tickets, and so on. At least, that's the vision. Its success hinges on the "uncopy-ability" of an RFID tag–obviously, if someone can remotely make a copy of your tag, then he becomes, for all practical purposes, you…"

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