RFID is considered the replacement for bar codes, the goal was 5 cent tags to justify making every item over a dollar (US) with a tag. This technique seems to achieve that. The thing about RFID is every single item (ie not brand name: product name like UPC) is unique and can be identified remotely. RFID has much potential for good, but like all things misuse will and probably has occured. They have been used in stores unbeknowst to customers. Another commonly cited example is that of MITs student IDs which had(still have?) RFID technology in them though most students at a privacy workshop were unaware of that fact. All very interesting.
What if, as a 'default', M$ were to ship w/ their OS a HOSTS file containing the line
127.0.0.1 google.com
this would stop google cold for a few years while M$ fights in court to maintain this line, which will of course be integrated so completely into their OS that Bill Gates himself can't figure out how to remove it in front of some large audience somewhere. Well I doubt anyone will read this as deep as it is but there's my two shares of ?google's future ipo stock? Well we'll see what happens, hopefully M$ while put forth the research and produce a quality product, hey it could happen!
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RFID is considered the replacement for bar codes, the goal was 5 cent tags to justify making every item over a dollar (US) with a tag. This technique seems to achieve that. The thing about RFID is every single item (ie not brand name: product name like UPC) is unique and can be identified remotely. RFID has much potential for good, but like all things misuse will and probably has occured. They have been used in stores unbeknowst to customers. Another commonly cited example is that of MITs student IDs which had(still have?) RFID technology in them though most students at a privacy workshop were unaware of that fact. All very interesting.
What if, as a 'default', M$ were to ship w/ their OS a HOSTS file containing the line 127.0.0.1 google.com this would stop google cold for a few years while M$ fights in court to maintain this line, which will of course be integrated so completely into their OS that Bill Gates himself can't figure out how to remove it in front of some large audience somewhere. Well I doubt anyone will read this as deep as it is but there's my two shares of ?google's future ipo stock? Well we'll see what happens, hopefully M$ while put forth the research and produce a quality product, hey it could happen!