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Thursday, 20 April 2006 |
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Tagging trees, animals and people
'First came the REAL ID Act, which paves the way for a national identification system. REAL ID cards must be machine readable and could include biometric information such as your DNA profile, your medical history, or a retinal scan. The Department of Homeland Security will determine the details. "Machine readable" could come to mean "trackable" using RFID technology. And if the past is any guide to the future, that is exactly what it will mean.
Now comes NAIS -- the National Animal Identification System. This program, run by the Department of Agriculture, will require any owner of animals, one or more, that could potentially generate a profit of $1,000, to tag those animals with trackable RFID chips. Do you own expensive pure-bred dogs? Get ready to tag them.'
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