Comments on: RFID tags for the mentally ill http://www.eridu.org.uk/blog/2007/01/19/rfid-tags-for-the-mentally-ill/ Liberalism and general burblings Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:44:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: IanWhickham http://www.eridu.org.uk/blog/2007/01/19/rfid-tags-for-the-mentally-ill/#comment-75 IanWhickham Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:17:20 +0000 http://www.eridu.org.uk/blog/2007/01/19/rfid-tags-for-the-mentally-ill/#comment-75 Worrying if what you say is true. However, having looked at the report upon which it was based (http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/policy_review/documents/crime.pdf), I think that article was a little on the sensational side. The report lists numerous approaches to crime that have been trialled in different countries throughout. One of these is: * More sophisticated monitoring techniques also in place, e.g. trial of Radio Frequency Identification Chips for mentally ill in the U.S., 2006. It does not say that the Government are proposing to do that here. Other illiberal measures that they are introducing or mooting, such as SCPOs, VOOs, the DNA database, the Children's Index, ID cards, and most prominently in recent days the relaxation of privacy laws to allow data-sharing are more immediate and realistic concerns. Ian SELECT Privacy NO2ID Worrying if what you say is true. However, having looked at the report upon which it was based (http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/policy_review/documents/crime.pdf),

I think that article was a little on the sensational side. The report lists numerous approaches to crime that have been trialled in different countries throughout. One of these is:
* More sophisticated monitoring techniques also in place, e.g. trial of Radio Frequency Identification Chips for mentally ill in the U.S., 2006.

It does not say that the Government are proposing to do that here. Other illiberal measures that they are introducing or mooting, such as SCPOs, VOOs, the DNA database, the Children’s Index, ID cards, and most prominently in recent days the relaxation of privacy laws to allow data-sharing are more immediate and realistic concerns.

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