I also see and share the alarm on this thread that expansion of these cards portend for our privacy and freedom. It's like that magic map in Harry Potter where you can track the comings and goings of everyone--it will surely be misused unless carefully and rigorously regulated.
I hate those club cards, too. Unfortunately, you miss out on significant discounts if you do not use them. I just didn't shop at the grocery store that had them for a long time, then suddenly every grocery in town got them except WalMart--!
The check out person always scans a club card they keep at the register when i tell them i don't have a card. They just do it, I don't even ask. Then again I would have no problems leaving 150 dollars of groceries on the cashier counter if I didn't get a discount.
Well Mamzelle, Walmart is growing and expanding. And if they haven't already, they are looking to put RFID tracking devices on some of their products. It's all a matter of time. This thing will grow, and I am wary about it. I know what it leads to.
We used to maintain discipline in schools with out tracking devices, we used something called respect for authority. We have a societal problem in this country and tracking devices, PC, tolerance, etc, are part of the problem not the solution.
Until we start to instill values into our children at an early age we will never solve the problem. This has to start at home.
Liberals have taken religion, regardless of what type, but mainly christianity, out of our daily lives for the most part and replaced it with the values of self. This is the main problem.
Restore values and you will restore respect for authority and have better behaved children and no need for tracking devices. This is heading for a totalitarian government at light speed.