RFID Coming 'Whether You Like It Or Not'

Posted by timothy on Wednesday March 24, 2004 @04:21AM from the brilliant-attitude dept.

VTBassMatt writes "According to an interview with Scott McGregor of Philips Semiconductor in BusinessWeek, RFID tags are coming whether we like it or not but of course won't affect our privacy. Choice quotes from the article include such gems as, '[P]rivacy concerns around RFID tags are a little like concerns about supermarket scanners years ago. When the laser scanners were coming out, everybody was saying, retailers are going to collect information about what you buy. And none of that happened.' Is that why I have two loyalty cards on my keyring and three more in my wallet?"

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Papers please? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-24 04:23 · Score: 0, Redundant

Is that why I have two loyalty cards on my keyring and three more in my wallet?

Apparently you like to save a little money. I can testify that they still let you check out even without your loyalty card.
how do we know ... by selderrr · 2004-03-24 04:23 · Score: 0, Redundant

wether we like it or not ?

I mean, there hasn't been a slashdot poll about it yet !!

They don't expect us to decide without a /. poll, do they ???

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