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Innovative Uses of RFID Tags
Roland Piquepaille writes "When your newspapers write something about RFID tags, it's almost always about Wal-Mart or how these tags are threatening our privacy. But they often miss the important innovations brought by this technology. For example, in Florida, RFID drives highway traffic reports on more than 200 miles of toll roads. Or take DHL, which is tracking fashion with RFID tags on more than 70 million garments in its French distribution center. Elsewhere, in Texas, 28,000 students test an e-tagging system which promises better security for them. And what about RFID tags which could prevent surgical errors and have just been approved in the U.S last week? So, what do you think? Are these innovations promising a better future for us or not? For your convenience, this overview contains the essential details from the different articles mentioned above."
In Soviet Russia, road drives YOU!
Think about it though. We're pissed off enough as it as when it comes to advertising. Imagine this scenario: You go to the drug store to pick up a bottle of dandruff shampoo, a pack of condoms and some Coca-Cola. The RFID tags on those products transmit to the cash register, which you pay with via Interact. When you get home, you find in you email inbox spam for Head and Shoulders, Trojan, and Pepsi.
Even worse, imagine having one of these things installed into you?
Can we really trust the government, corporations and companies to keep the information gathered by RFID tags private?
Julie Moult is an idiot.