Editing Barcode (section)

== Opposition ==
Some have regarded barcodes to be an intrusive [[surveillance]] technology. Some Christians, pioneered by a 1982 book ''The New Money System 666'' by Mary Stewart Relfe, believe the codes hide the number [[666 (number)|666]], representing the "[[Number of the beast]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.av1611.org/666/barcode.html |title=What about barcodes and 666: The Mark of the Beast? |publisher=Av1611.org |year=1999 |access-date=14 March 2014 |archive-date=27 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127041006/http://www.av1611.org/666/barcode.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Old Believers]], a separation of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], believe barcodes are the stamp of the [[Antichrist]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Russian Family That Cut Itself Off From Civilization for More Than 40 Years |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/551659/karp-lykov-russian-family-secluded-from-civilization-40-years |publisher=[[Mental Floss]] |first=Jay |last=Serafino |date=26 July 2018 |access-date=6 May 2020 |archive-date=7 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507041702/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/551659/karp-lykov-russian-family-secluded-from-civilization-40-years |url-status=live }}</ref> Television host [[Phil Donahue]] described barcodes as a "corporate plot against consumers".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/07/05/BUG6Q7G4AJ1.DTL&type=business |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040823004929/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fchronicle%2Farchive%2F2004%2F07%2F05%2FBUG6Q7G4AJ1.DTL&type=business |archive-date=23 August 2004 |title=UPC bar code has been in use 30 years |last=Bishop |first=Tricia |publisher=SFgate.com |date=5 July 2004 |access-date=22 December 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>