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Hacking the RFID Network

Posted by michael on from the ubiquitous-tracking dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The world's largest retailers are developing the EPC Network as the infrastructure for a global rollout of item-level RFID. In many ways this 'Internet of Things' resembles the ISBN system or CueCat's codes-to-content. But the network built for tracking consumer goods could also be used for intangible items: airline seats, music tracks or service calls."

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  1. The more you know! by obli · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    So that's what the tiny stipes of metal embeded under the protective plastic cover on library books are for...

  2. I've beend oing that for years... by obli · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've tagged all my mp3 files with "downloaded from obli" in the comments field to see if one ever returns to me one day (don't know why I would download an mp3 I already have, but hey), maybe I'll see it in a friend's library, maybe someone recognizes the name, who knwos?

    1. Re:I've beend oing that for years... by AuMatar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Thats not the worlds smartest idea. If you ever get caught up to by the RIAA, they can use that to prove how many cases of infringement you have.

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      I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?