Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Posted by Roberto
2:47 AM
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RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION, INVASION OF PRIVACY?
Since RFID chips are embedded in the products you buy, and they are not turned off when you leave the shop with the merchandise, their actual use will go beyond inventory control; it might reach the much-dreaded sphere of privacy invasion.
Whenever you enter a store, computers in the store can be dedicated to receiving the radio waves of the RFID chips on the e.g. clothes you are wearing. This means that store owners can access, in a matter of seconds, information on products that you have on you (say, you are wearing specifically Armani's Jeans and have a box of Viagra in your pocket :).
Wheii.com RFID section
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