RFID Chips in Olympic Tickets
Purchasing a ticket to the opening and closing ceremonies to the Olympics in Beijing comes with more than just admission. In a first-time move for the Olympics tickets will have a chip embedded in the ticket. That chip will contain the ticket bearer’s photograph, passport details, e-mail address, regular address, and telephone numbers.
The organizers of the games say this measure is in place to keep out troublemakers to the National Stadium, which hold 91,000 people. Terrorists, pro-Tibet protesters, and people with the wrong t-shirt on are not welcomed to the Olympics.
Identity theft is also an issue with the $720 top ticket price. Dignitaries and friends of the Olympians make up a majority of the attendees to the ceremonies.
Opinion: Planting RFID tags in a ticket will surely fend off any evildoer with intents of destroying the peace (and freedom) the games bring to us. Terrorists also can’t afford a $720 ticket either. Taking away the privacy of all the attendees will be worth it.
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RFID Chips in Olympic Tickets
Purchasing a ticket to the opening and closing ceremonies to the Olympics in Beijing comes with more than just admission. In a first-time move for the Olympics tickets will have a chip embedded in the ticket. That chip will contain the ticket bearer’s photograph, passport details, e-mail address, regular address, and telephone numbers.
The organizers of the games say this measure is in place to keep out troublemakers to the National Stadium, which hold 91,000 people. Terrorists, pro-Tibet protesters, and people with the wrong t-shirt on are not welcomed to the Olympics.
Identity theft is also an issue with the $720 top ticket price. Dignitaries and friends of the Olympians make up a majority of the attendees to the ceremonies.
Opinion: Planting RFID tags in a ticket will surely fend off any evildoer with intents of destroying the peace (and freedom) the games bring to us. Terrorists also can’t afford a $720 ticket either. Taking away the privacy of all the attendees will be worth it.
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