Posted on 08/09/2006 1:39:02 PM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
Condoms, suppositories, tampons...?
Where dat ole tinfoil?
I heard they're even putting it in the tinfoil now.
Some guy is out there trying to figure out how he can construct an EMP to 'clean' all of his clothes.
This is dumb. RFID is the future. It lowers costs, controls inventory, and allows for near-real time tracking of sales. RFID will be adopted the same way every technology gets adopted - some business will use it, experience significant cost savings, and pass those savings in part on to consumers. People are much less likely to worry about ridiculous scenarios when they save a few bucks.
Wonder what wallyworld is doing these days.
Probably the same thing.
Did you actually watch the video? Do you like the concept of your face being scanned when you apply for their card without you knowing about it?
I work in the RFID industry, and this is ridiculous on so many levels, it doesn't warrant discussion. If you want to worry about something, worry about Libs being voted into office and allowing terrorists to invade our country because they don't believe it's a real threat.
Is there something wrong with ID verification on credit card purchases? Cuts down on fraud and saves everybody money.
Why would they be concerned about using RFID (which would absolutely NOT lower costs) when people already use credit/debit cards to purchase items? Why should they care where their clothes end up after they leave the store? Surveilance cameras should be enough for security.
They keep talking about RFID for 'alzheimers' patients. Yeah, right. That's ALL they will be used on.
Note my tagline. Tattoos, and social security numbers should have been enough, but nooooooo, fascism attempts captialism. Sure, tell me another one.
Have not formulated an opinion yet. It is intereting.
http://www.spychips.com/
RFIDs can lower cost, they can reduce theft and make self checkout easier, the easier self checkout is the fewer employees you need manning the registers. They don't care where the clothes wind up after the leave the store, only the anti-RFID people talk about tracking after purchase. Surveilance cameras are only as useful as the people watching them and the coverage area, if a theif takes an item to an unobserved area and the people watching the monitors don't notice him walking out of that area with less stuff than he walked in with then he just got away with it, RFID readers are easier to put in without black holes and never turn away from the monitor.
Why is this conference closed to the press?
Did you watch the video linked in the source line above?
'RFID is the future'
Maybe on your planet. I enjoy setting off the alarms at Home Depot because the chip in my boots I bought at KMart cannot be deactivated. Security and local PD stopping to 'check me out'. I just laugh.
Please explain why a face or fingerprint scan (i.e. what you are terming "ID verification") be needed on credit card purchases?!
Yes, it's just ID verification to make sure he's the valid user of that card. Credit card fraud is a very expensive thing in this country, various organizations have been spending a lot trying to find way to cut it down, holograms on the card, electric pens for signature verification, PINs, these are all attempts to reduce fraud. Video ID is the next obvious step, Las Vegas has been using it to enforce the black book for a while.
I would like a simple detection device. Just as you can get a little keychain size tool that detects wifi hotspots, so too would a tool that detects rfid be useful. Actually, that's such a nobrainer I'm sure such a tool exists or is on the way.
Indeed 30 seconds with yahoo reveals plenty of people are doing such things. And, on the subject of disabling/jammin chips, there is this from FR:
Frying Your Own RFID Tags(silly, but pretty much on topic)
Finally, under the dual heading of worst and best use of RFID technology I know of to date goes this:
An outfit has developed an rfid tag for liquor bottles. The device tracks amount of each pour and helps the bar owner manage inventory, and bartenders. yikes. Clever as hell and ugly as hell all at once.
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