Wouldn't it be more effective to after the companies that the SPAMers are advertising for? Though I haven't researched how SPAMers make their money, but I assume that they all require a credit card if they want your money. IF it is a legit credit card transaction, you can trace it to who collects the money. At that point you have the person to sue....
Of course you need to enter a credit card number... anyone want to volunteer theirs?
If you've worked in the market research arena, you know that the use of UPC data is based on aggregation. My experience in the industry is that the shopper cards, etc are not really used as everyone fears they are being used.
Why?
Because it costs a TON on money to look at individual data. And with what benefit? There is very little.
So with RFID tags, yes all kinds of privacy issues could happen, but only if there is an economic benefit (i.e. More $$$) to it. If there is an outcry against the use of this information, it will be in the economic interest of the company to stop doing it.
The reason we don't have RFIDs in everything now is economics. Talking with some of the folks from the Auto ID lab at MIT, their biggest problem is getting the price of the RFID tags down.
When you think about privacy, think about economics. No company is going to go bankrupt trying to find out if you like Cheerios over Corn Flakes.
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Doesn't "on the market today" mean you can actually buy it?
I checked several places (though didn't put much effort into it) and everyplace has 0 in stock...
Insert "truth in advertising" rant here
Wouldn't it be more effective to after the companies that the SPAMers are advertising for? Though I haven't researched how SPAMers make their money, but I assume that they all require a credit card if they want your money. IF it is a legit credit card transaction, you can trace it to who collects the money. At that point you have the person to sue....
Of course you need to enter a credit card number... anyone want to volunteer theirs?
If you've worked in the market research arena, you know that the use of UPC data is based on aggregation. My experience in the industry is that the shopper cards, etc are not really used as everyone fears they are being used.
Why?
Because it costs a TON on money to look at individual data. And with what benefit? There is very little.
So with RFID tags, yes all kinds of privacy issues could happen, but only if there is an economic benefit (i.e. More $$$) to it. If there is an outcry against the use of this information, it will be in the economic interest of the company to stop doing it.
The reason we don't have RFIDs in everything now is economics. Talking with some of the folks from the Auto ID lab at MIT, their biggest problem is getting the price of the RFID tags down.
When you think about privacy, think about economics. No company is going to go bankrupt trying to find out if you like Cheerios over Corn Flakes.