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  • From: "Kurt Schlatzer" <kurt AT kurtschlatzer.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Surveillance, USA
  • Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 15:32:59 -0400

> "And as part of a new, federally mandated tracking system, the
> three major U.S. automobile manufacturers plan to put special
> radio transponders known as radio frequency identification tags
> in every tire sold in the nation. Far exceeding congressional
> requirements, according to a leader of the Automotive Industry
> Action Group, an industry think tank, the tags can be read on
> vehicles going as fast as 160 kilometers per hour from a distance
> of 4.5 meters."

That would make sense if the three major US auto manufactures had anything
to do with the manufacturing of tires. They don't.

Kurt





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