Stealth tax: 2,629,052 homes have now been given bins with chipsSpy chips hidden in 2.5 MILLION dustbins -- The Daily Mail
The growing threat of a stealth tax on the rubbish we throw away was exposed by startling figures yesterday.
More than 2.5million homes now have wheelie bins fitted with microchips to weigh their contents.
This is an increase of nearly two-thirds in just a year. The bins, which can be electronically identified and weighed, are designed for 'pay-as-you-throw' rubbish tax schemes.
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My Comment: This is a small and simple monitoring program, but it makes you wonder what other secret surveillance programs are operating and/or being developed .... both here and in the U.K.
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