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Kuwaiti law will require all residents to submit DNA info to the State.

Kuwaiti law will require all residents to submit DNA info to the State.

Old Jul 5th 2015, 7:42 am
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I don't have anything to hide (well, not much) and with all the information lodged about us from everything we do online this is probably only a next step but it still makes me uncomfortable. Just feels a bit too much like a dystopian society.
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I just want to move into my little cell in the matrix. Would solve so many problems.
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Default Re: Kuwaiti law will require all residents to submit DNA info to the State.

Originally Posted by Meow
I don't have anything to hide (well, not much) and with all the information lodged about us from everything we do online this is probably only a next step but it still makes me uncomfortable. Just feels a bit too much like a dystopian society.
Just wait until they implant RFIDs to keep track of us.
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Default Re: Kuwaiti law will require all residents to submit DNA info to the State.

Originally Posted by norsk
Just wait until they implant RFIDs to keep track of us.
What's wrong with that? Who wouldn't want a Really Funny & Intelligent Dog to follow you about?
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What's wrong with that?
Have you seen The Tournament?
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Old Jul 5th 2015, 9:25 am
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Originally Posted by norsk
Just wait until they implant RFIDs to keep track of us.
That's the day I up sticks and move to a deserted island in the Pacific.
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Originally Posted by Meow
That's the day I up sticks and move to a deserted island in the Pacific.
not really any different to always carrying your mobile phone around with you...
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Old Jul 5th 2015, 10:14 am
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Originally Posted by Millhouse
not really any different to always carrying your mobile phone around with you...
Perhaps, but at least the phone is optional - ish. I know that little is really private these days but still...

Besides I've been watching McCloud's Escape to the Wild.
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