http://www.theregister.co.uk…
RFID technology that allows the remote identification of travellers in moving vehicles is being rolled out at US land border crossings this month. Crossing points with Canada at Blaine, and with Mexico at Nogales, came online last week, with Buffalo, Detroit and San Ysidro to follow, and a total of 39 planned.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/…
Halifax customer bites back
By John Leyden
Published Sunday 27th January 2008 07:02 GMT
The Halifax bank is enrolling unsuspecting customers in trials of a new generation of RFID-enabled bank cards, and trying to keep them in the program even if they have mis-givings about the wave and pay technology.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/…
By TODD LEWAN, AP National Writer 49 minutes ago
Here’s a vision of the not-so-distant future:

Microchips with antennas will be embedded in virtually everything you buy, wear, drive and read, allowing retailers and law enforcement to track consumer items — and, by extension, consumers — wherever they go, from a distance.

A seamless, global network of electronic [...]

http://yro.slashdot.org/…
Posted by Soulskill on Sunday January 13, @09:03AM
from the resistance-is-futile dept.
Raisey-raison writes
“There is a proposal in the UK to implant “machine-readable” microchips under the skin of thousands of offenders in an effort to free up more space in British jails. The article states that uses are being considered both for home detention, [...]

Thursday August 24, 2006 3:25 PM EST -
By: Dave White
Source:www.engadget.com
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VeriChip is forging ahead with its plan to implant its RFID chips under the skin of U.S. soldiers, despite recent concerns over reliability and privacy.
News reports have the chip maker lobbying the Defense Department to install RFID tags in soldiers as a [...]