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Written by Kelly
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Tuesday, 10 July 2007 |
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I know this article is almost a month old but it shows a real problem that Christains, in the U.S. and possibly other countries, will be facing in the very near future regarding a real possible "mark of the beast." REAL ID may be more than just a real pain: It may have serious privacy implications as well. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 15 September 2007 )
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Written by Cheryl Prior
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Monday, 09 July 2007 |
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Slippery Rock, a Pennsylvania university, will be moving from the old fashioned contact "magnetic strip" system to the contactless "RFID tag" system to pay for goods and services on campus and possibly up to 100 local merchants. Quote: Starting in August, Slippery Rock University's 8,500 students and faculty members will each receive a passive 13.56 MHz RFID tag they can attach to their cell phones. This tag will allow them to pay for everything from laundry and copier services to movies and groceries in the surrounding town of Slippery Rock, located about 50 minutes north of Pittsburgh.
The school is adopting the RFID system to enable students to spend money even if they leave their wallet and ID card at home. "We wanted to provide additional services to our students," says Robert Smith, president of Slippery Rock University, "and we've always taken a certain pride in the fact that we are technologically sophisticated on our campus." Welsch doubts the system will save time on each transaction, but predicts its convenience will be an incentive for students to obtain the tag. "Certainly it is easy technology," he notes, "and the tag always stays in the consumer's hand—in this case, it's a phone."
At first glance, this seems fairly harmless and quite the convenience for a busy, preocuppied college student. Apparently, ID cards and wallets are more likely to get left at home while cell phones are not. Another aspect of this article is that the mindset is already there for contactless payment. Quote: The university set up a focus group, polling select students as to their spending behavior. It found the students were more likely to have a cell phone in their pocket than to carry even one dollar in cash., as their polling group While we don't know if the RFID implant will be the mark of the beast, it sure is suspicious that it could be. Our society is moving at breakneck speed towards a cashless society before the antichrist has even made his presence known. The RFID payment system has the ability to control and track. This seems to be the likely system perfect for the antichrist, as prophecied in Revelations. The antichrist will require his mark on their bodies, along with a tracking type payment system. It has to be trackable, otherwise how would he be able to control the buying and selling done by those with or without the "mark"? If anyone reading this has not put their faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and invited Him into their life, please do not let another day go by without doing this. When all is said and done, when our lives come to an end (and no one knows when that day will be) all our plans and works will be in vain. The only work not done in vain is the giving up of ourselves to Christ and the salvation He provided for us on the cross for He is the only way to eternal life. Rev 13:16-17 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 15 September 2007 )
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Written by Cheryl Prior
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
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Bob Willett, CIO of Best Buy, is eager to create the new "store of the future" by making RFID chipped credit cards and Best Buy customer cards the sole source of payment. He sees this happening within the next one to two years but also points out that even though technology is already out there but is not yet cost effective. It is also interesting to note that he is promoting this as a "wonderful experience in the store". Willett envisions a scenario, within the next few years, in which customers could locate an item in the store, pay for it with a credit card at a station located in the department in which they're shopping and request the item be home-delivered or prepared for pick up at the store front—either way, without having to wait for a cashier's assistance. This could be managed, he explains, through the placement of RFID tags on items and the installation of interrogators throughout the store—to quickly identify an item's specific location—as well as at point-of-sale devices that would read credit cards or Best Buy preferred-customer cards containing embedded RFID tags. While we really don’t know what the beast’s mark will be, surely the mindset of this RFID scenario is a leap toward the prophecy in Revelation. Revelation 13:16-17 "He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name". (NIV Version) http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleprint/3422/-1/1/ |
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