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Here's that ID implant MOB Thing Again. From the Timesonline:

Speed through the checkout with just a wave of your arm

By Valerie Elliot

Shoppers could soon pay for goods using a microchip implanted under the skin

IT MAY sound like a sci-fi fantasy but shoppers may one day be able to pay their grocery bills using a microchip implanted in their body.

The idea is already catching on with today’s iPod generation. According to research released today by the Institute for Grocery Distribution (IGD), a retail think-tank, almost one in ten teenagers and one in twenty adults are willing to have a microchip implanted to pay shop bills and help to prevent card or identity fraud and muggings.

A quick scan of the arm would connect immediately to bank details and payments could be made swiftly. Such microchips are already used in cats, dogs and horses. They are used in cattle and sheep so that consumers can trace their food from farm to plate and are also being used to help to combat drugs counterfeiting.

How convenient! Think of the freedom. No cash or credit cards or ID to carry around with you. No need to write checks. No worries about theft or fraud. Wait, I'm sure that someone will offer bonus "rewards points" or a toaster for every who receives an implant during the initial registration period.

Does this disturb anyone else? Because frankly, I can't help but think of the "Mark of the Beast" everytime I read an article about this stuff.