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Originally posted by RickB
Now, if I was a paranoid sort, I could imagine all sorts of consumer electronics with imbedded chips to spy on us, err, collect saleable information.....
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You know, it's funny that you mention this, Popular Science has an article about this very thing in the latest issue. Manufacturers and advertisers are trying to get some sort of GPS locator chip to show where their products, everything from TVs to Juicy Fruit, ends up when purchased. Supposedly the chip is supposed to die within a certain number of days from purchase, but I for one find this pretty damn disturbing. Right now the chip that they are proposing costs $1.00, therefore leaving out the very lowest priced items.
Watch and see what happens. When the FCC mandates about digital HDTV brodcasts come to pass, I can envision each family in America unknowingly becoming a Nielsen family once they buy their new HDTV sets.