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The American Medical Association has publicly announced its support for the microchipping of patients using tiny rfid transmitters injected under the skin. An AMA spokesperson explained, "The technology will allow us to keep better track of who we've killed," and emphasized that so many patients are now killed by AMA-supported medical procedures that it's becoming difficult to keep the bodies organized. "Thanks to technology, we will soon be able to track patients regardless of whether they've alive or dead," said the spokesperson.

If the rfid tags don't work, U.S. health authorities have announced plans to simply barcode everyone instead. Talks are under way with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to corral Americans into "barcode camps" as a way to fight terrorism and defend freedom. FDA discredits tomatoes Surprise! The FDA has announced a new research finding they claim proves that lycopene is a useless nutrient for preventing prostate cancer.

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Because they raise privacy concerns, rfid systems are somewhat double-edged. They're great for tracking wildlife for research and conservation purposes, yet they could become authoritarian tools (if tags remain active even after a product is purchased, they could be used for surveillance), which is why people are working to develop standards for their ethical use. Many chips are laced with heavy metals, so wide adoption of standard rfid chips could mean salting the planet with low-level toxins.

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Here's the test: Go shopping at Wal-Mart repeatedly until you eventually end up walking out with an object that has an embedded rfid anti-theft chip that hasn't been deactivated. Wal-Mart's inventory control system will sound a tone and some retired, elderly person will get after you, or even tap you on the shoulder, in an effort to "control Wal-Mart's inventory." Of course, to do this test properly, you should not be shoplifting. I do not condone shoplifting. Always pay for what you purchase and then walk out the door with the merchandise that you've already paid for.

Another handy tip to remember is that if you exit the store through the rfid detectors at the exact same moment as somebody else, and the inventory control system sounds off, usually the Wal-Mart staff will focus on whichever person is stupid enough to turn around first. In my experience, if you just keep walking, the shopper next to you will always stop and submit to a search, thereby occupying the Wal-Mart vigilantes long enough for you to exit the area.

So always try to pass through the rfid detectors (those are the large vertical stands that now have movie posters concealing their identity) at the same instant as somebody else. And try not to laugh out loud when they stop and submit to an illegal search. (Because laughing attracts attention.) Remember, stay calm. Never raise your voice. Don't act like a criminal. Just go about your business of leaving the store with the stuff you own. And for goodness sake, stop being a mind slave of Wal-Mart's inventory control system. It's just a retailer, after all.

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But there's a real difference between using toxic tags to track our movements and embedding recycling instructions into the next generation of organic, printable, nontoxic rfid chips. Used for our collective benefit, these "spychips" could be the unexpected key to making our relationship with things radically more sustainable.

This isn't happening because a Big Brother government is looking over our shoulders, or powerful corporations are watching us with security cameras and rfid (radio frequency identification) tags. That kind of surveillance is far outstripped by the millions of cameras and video recorders in the hands of millions of Little Brothers and Little Sisters—us. In our camera phones, we carry with us the tools of our own transparency, and we do so willingly, even happily. Let's call this world the Participatory Panopticon.

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