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rolanniReal ID appears to be a done deal. Read about it in Wired
Hundreds of civil liberties groups, immigrant support groups and government associations oppose the Real ID Act, a piece of legislation that critics say would produce a de facto national ID card, cost states millions of dollars and punish undocumented immigrants.
Yet despite widespread opposition to the bill, it passed through the House last week and is expected to easily pass through the Senate on Tuesday.
The bill itself
Oh, and then you can read about the nifty new grain-of-rice-sized "medical" bar code implant approved by the FDA.
Washington -- A microchip that can be implanted under the skin to give doctors instant access to a patient's records was approved by the government Wednesday, a step that could revolutionize medical care but is raising alarm among privacy advocates.
The tiny electronic capsule, the first such device to receive Food and Drug Administration approval, transmits a unique code to a special scanner that allows doctors to confirm a patient's identity and obtain detailed medical information from an accompanying database.
Some days, it's just hard to write science fiction, y'know?
Hundreds of civil liberties groups, immigrant support groups and government associations oppose the Real ID Act, a piece of legislation that critics say would produce a de facto national ID card, cost states millions of dollars and punish undocumented immigrants.
Yet despite widespread opposition to the bill, it passed through the House last week and is expected to easily pass through the Senate on Tuesday.
The bill itself
Oh, and then you can read about the nifty new grain-of-rice-sized "medical" bar code implant approved by the FDA.
Washington -- A microchip that can be implanted under the skin to give doctors instant access to a patient's records was approved by the government Wednesday, a step that could revolutionize medical care but is raising alarm among privacy advocates.
The tiny electronic capsule, the first such device to receive Food and Drug Administration approval, transmits a unique code to a special scanner that allows doctors to confirm a patient's identity and obtain detailed medical information from an accompanying database.
Some days, it's just hard to write science fiction, y'know?
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Date: 2005-05-19 06:23 pm (UTC)Poor Heinlein must be rolling over in his grave.
Now where are our spaceships?!?