Turning Into a Number

We have passwords and user ID's for all sorts of accounts, car payments, house payments, credit cards, work access, blogging, email, Facebook and myriad other applications. And we mustn't forget PIN's for debit cards, phone banking and who knows what else. We're warned not to use the same ones for everything, but how are you supposed to remember which password is for which account?

In addition, using your spouse's, kid's or pet's name is taboo. You should never include a loved one's birthday, phone number or Social Security number. Obviously writing passwords on a Post-It-Note and sticking it to your monitor is stupid, but I've seen it done. So, do you write them on a cryptic note and place it under the lining of your shoe?

Why not just give us a universal microchip to flash whenever or wherever needed? They do it for cattle. No more passwords. No more user ID's. No more passports. No more security badges for work. No more debit cards with their inherent PIN's. No more screwing up account access with the wrong password and user ID combination.

ObamaCare could be keyed on your microchip. Dishonest doctors and care givers would have more problems falsifying treatment. We might even get a handle on those who have no legal right to health care...or to be in this country in the first place. No chip...no care. If you tie Social Security to the microchip, maybe those enterprising souls who file for benefits on dead people would be stopped once and for all.

But, you say, this smacks of big brother. Of course it does. Unfortunately it looks like this is the fate our great country is headed for. The more freebies we demand from the government, the more we are being regarded as a number. I for one, plan to go down fighting tooth and nail. I may not win, but I can be heard!