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Journal asv108's Journal: Take This RFID and Shove it 7

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Well it looks like the FDA approved implanting RFID's in to people to serve as identifiers for medical records. I like the notion that a proprietary RFID chip should serve as the preferred unique identifier for everyone.

The privacy implications for this technology are huge. You might as well walk around with an access point stuck up your ass that broadcasts your SSN. Speaking of SSN's, why didn't the government just make everyone get ssn tattoo? There was a perfectly good explanation, its a question of privacy stupid. I love how people despise low-tech privacy invasions, but they have a "gee-wiz" attitude towards the latest technological privacy invader.

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  • Anybody know the read range for this thing? The article mentions "a few feet" but not in a way that would lead me to believe that it applies to these tags. Looking at the size of them I would guess that the range is about 1 centimeter.
    • Wow. Typos in the subject line. Typical of me. While we're on the subject look at this [cnn.com]. The Vatican is using RFID too.
      • Tagging books is a good implementation of RFID technology, although I don't how its any better than a barcode besides ease of scanning.
        • Have you ever used RFID tags? You make the shelves "smart" so that they know which book is where. Otherwise you could occassionally have someone walk down the stacks with a scanner and locate every book. Remember that a misplaced book might as well not be in the library. This solves that problem. This would be incredibly labor intensive with barcodes, plus the codes would need to be on the spine of the book.
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    • Pranksters could walk around with a "reprogramming" device to change people's identities without them knowing it. This would work well in crowded areas like a mall, sporting event or busy city street (think midtown Manhattan).

      So, someone brushes up against you and the next thing you know, you can't unlock your door and none of your credit works. Sounds like the making of Yet Another Hollywood blockbuster.

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