Do you believe ALL clothes including shoes are tagged?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b...


WARNING.. THE ABOVE PROGRAMME CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND SHOULD BE VIEWED BY 16+ YEARS OF AGE.





I KNOW this is a drama series, but I believe 99% of drama tv shows are based on facts no matter how miniscule.


The above episode stated that all clothing is tagged so it can be monitored from manufacture to wharehouse to stores to the person purchasing it.





Do you believe this is the future we have to look forwards to, given all the fuss about National ID cards, and National databases?





When the reclusive Stephen Ezard returns to London for the funeral of his brother Michael, an aid worker killed by a landmine, he feels like a stranger in his own country.


Britain has been transformed into a security state after a major terrorist attack, ID cards are strictly enforced and citizens' every movement is watched so the government can catch the terrorists before they strike again.





http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/lastenemy/

Do you believe ALL clothes including shoes are tagged?
i agree that we are slowly being watched more and more with id cards and cctv etc but i think that is abit too para.. although they like to watch, they usually do it so that they can gain money in some way or save it in others so i cant see how tagged clothing would benefit anyone.. it would b a waste of money and i just thing you're looking into things abit too much
Reply:Hmm.... I'm gonna have to think about that.
Reply:At the present time, no they are not individually tagged although Wal-Mart among others would like to have them eventually to keep track of inventory. Wal-Mart is doing pallet and some carton tagging at this time. The tags are not tiny little things that hide in the clothes to track you forever, they are like a keychain tag and perfectly obvious - like the theft deterent tags on clothing hanging in stores that are removed at check out (because they cost money as well as setting off alarms)


Sure there is a grain of truth - and a whole lot of imagination whether optimistic (worm holes in space) or paranoid (tags in all clothing to track us). Man can dream of more things than can happen, in spite of Shakespeare saying the opposite.
Reply:yes to a point
Reply:and how do they trace you if you pay cash?
Reply:Definitely no!





I find tagged clothing so hard to steal without the alarms going off....
Reply:No
Reply:Yes
Reply:Real life is on this side of the glass screen, if it is behind the glass screen it is probably made up.
Reply:That is shocking.