OK, if people want to make RFID technology into a religious argument, so be it. But for the record there are others who feel this is silly and it’s just the modern day version of the dog-tag.
Not trying be disrespectful, just offering a different view.
No way I’m going to put a homing beacon on my body and go into combat. Nothing could be stupider.
Big Brother to track your medication compliance with electronic transmitters in pills
Like most technologies, there is another side to this, which is beneficial. Of all the things we have to worry about, I’d put this WAY down near the bottom of the list.
All "RFID/tracking you" thinking is just silly, isn't it.
Anyone familiar with RFID technology knows that they are passive, unpowered devices that must rely on inductively or capacitively coupled energy to operate. At best their range is a few centimeters. Any thoughts about remotely tracking or controlling soldiers with these things is pure science fiction.
They do have advantages, though in security situations in which weapons and sensitive equipment can be linked to a soldier or soldiers. These keys in effect disable weapons and gear that is dropped, left behind or taken away from troops rendering them useless.
Why risk it? - People have gotten comfortable, even comforted, by the microchip for their animals; so that would logically be the first step in incrementalism. So far, my big old farm dogs and cats have always found their way home (if they managed to escape the bobcats and coyotes).
You are welcome to disrespect me, if you think it’s fitting.
You are certainly welcome to disrespect and trash my perspective.
When folks trash Scripture, it’s a more weighty problem, however.