The Matrix, Part 2

HOMELAND SECURITY RFI HEIGHTENS PUBLIC CONCERNS OVER RFID
http://www.spychips.com/press-releases/dhs-rfid.html
"A copy of the RFI is posted at authors' website: www.spychips.com/DHS-RFID.pdf"
"DHS has set "several high-level goals" for the reading of RFID "tokens" carried by travelers, including:
- The solution must...identify the exact location of the read such as a specific pedestrian orvehicle lane in which the token is read.
- The solution presented must sense the remote data capture technology carried by a pedestrian traveler at distances up to 25 ft.
- The solution presented must sense all tokens (emphasis by Vox) carried by travelers seated in a single automobile, truck, or bus ata distance up to 25 ft. while moving at speeds up to 55 mph.
- For bus traffic, the solution must sense up to 55 tokens.
- For a successful read, the traveler should not have to hold or present the token in any special way to enable the reading of the token's information. The goal is for the reader to sense a token carried on a traveler's person or anywhere in a vehicle."

Replace "tokens" with MetroCard technology, perhaps?

And if you think this is "future, sci-fi technology":
TWO U.S. EMPLOYEES INJECTED WITH RFID MICROCHIPS AT COMPANY REQUEST
"Cincinnati video surveillance company CityWatcher.com now requires employees to use VeriChip human implantable microchips to enter a secure data center..."
"The VeriChip is a glass encapsulated RFID tag that is injected into the flesh of the triceps area of the arm to uniquely number and identify individuals."

- Vox