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Exxon And Timex Release The Speedpass watch

Posted by timothy on from the we're-actually-tracking-rfid-paranoia dept.

introverted writes "Exxon and Timex have released a Speedpass-enabled watch. From the article, this sounds like a regular Timex watch with an RFID chip in it. According to a radio news story, you can not only use the watch to buy gas, but at some locations in Chicago you can also use it at McDonald's. The watch is available from Timex. This was first mentioned on Slashdot in March last year."

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  1. Re:Hi ... by Politburo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And I'll have a dose of common sense. Don't want your privacy 'invaded', don't buy the damn watch, don't use speedpass, don't use ez-pass, don't use credit cards, don't use a bank account. My message to all of you knee jerk "invasion of privacy" people is this: don't stop those of us (who clearly don't care for privacy) who want to use these products from using them. If you don't want to make things easier, you don't have to.