Chips...not the edible type

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hHq9P54bYfXbHp-aDgs01gePq1twD99CDMT00

This article was very fascinating and dealt with the fact that passports, drivers licenses and other documents all contain chips. These chips allow the government to detect each persons identity, just by strolling down the street. This is an incredible breach of privacy, the fact that I can be walking down the street and the government can, within seconds, have my drivers license ID and basically know all this information about me.

I understand the fact that we are in a post 9/11 world where we are constantly trying to find and arrest terrorists, but this is just plain ridiculous. I want to have the freedom to go and buy a sandwich and have the solace in knowing that an FBI official will not know what country I last visited, just by looking at a scanner.

Are we living in the novel 1984, where the government is turning into "Big Brother?" If the government is able to gain knowledge about our passports, they can probably get medical records, as well as past jobs of employment and other personal information. This is a very scary development and a total breach in the privacy of the individual.