From: ktabic (lists@ktabic.co.uk)
Date: Tue May 11 2004 - 19:59:22 EDT
On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 16:51, James Hester wrote:
> Tags can be shut down (killed) in a second with a reader. That is one way to
> stop tracking. Privacy groups and doomsday speakers should concentrate more
> on having companies shut off the tags when they are done tracking them (sold
> from wal-mart) then scaring the general public.
Except some of the RFID tags are meant to be used repeatedly. While the
shops use of RFID tags end at the store exit, and should be deactivated
outside there (except that will cost more money, and seeing as this is a
meathod to save money, they probably won't bother). But some of the
other uses for RFID tags don't just end at the store exit. The EU is
looking at using RFID tags in Euros as an extra layer in detecting of
forged bank notes. In that use permently deavtivated RFID tags can't be
done, and opens up the possibilty of muggers using a handheld scanner to
select their victems.
ktabic
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