Technology California outlaws the forced subdermal RFID tagging of humans

[The Helper]

Worrying that your employer will force you to stick a small chip beneath your skin ranks low on the list of employee concerns in most parts of the country, but that didn't stop the state of California from passing a bill last week to ban such forced tagging of humans. The state senator who sponsored the bill called forced RFID tagging the "the ultimate invasion of privacy," and his bill is now on its way to the governor's desk for his signature.

Senate Bill 362 "would prohibit a person from requiring, coercing, or compelling any other individual to undergo the subcutaneous implanting of an identification device," and a similar version has already passed the state Assembly. Joseph Simitian, who came up with the idea, laments the fact that the RFID industry does not appear to find his idea a good one.

California outlaws the forced subdermal RFID tagging of humans

The California legislature has just made sure that employers cannot require …

arstechnica.com

 

[DuckieKing]

Mark of the beast.

That is all.

 

[uberfoop]

Score for people who aren't jerks.

In any case, if a nation gets to the point where they need to put tracking systems on people to keep them under control, chances are there's a lot wrong with that nation that should be a LOT higher priority than tagging people.

 

[King TonGoll]

omg.......Dang it! freaking J.D! you kknow who is in charge of making RFID chips right? eventually that same guy wants to make us all rely on them for money etc. and when you do something bad, just turn of the chip with a switch.