Will your underware give you away?

[bluedragon2]

I liked that quote in the following story about RFID tags. How do all of you feel about the possibilities of this growing technology?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...tc_techtues_pcworld/115139&cid=1740&ncid=1729

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[carrr]

While you couldn't drag me into a Wally-world with a team of horses, this isn't so different from the "Preferred Customer" cards used by most every grocery chain out there now. It's spyware for the common man. You don't even need a pc to become a statistical entry in a marketing demographer's database anymore.

But, when they leave the RFID's in my underwear and they start tracking where I leave them laying...

"'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds." - Malaclypse the Younger

 

[sleipnir214]

I, for one, will not be willing to buy goods with per-item RFID tags unless I can remove the tag or disable it.

But I really doubt that manufacturers are going to be sewing RFID tags into your underwear or any other article of clothing. My bet is that they'll end up putting them in the same place as the UPC barcodes -- on the outside of the package.

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TANSTAAFL!!

 

[bluedragon2]

About the only RFID I need is the one for my remote control...

Are these the same type of devices that they are offering to put on children?



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[BNPMike]

I love it to death. Put one on each person and immediately you remove 90% of crime. Everyone gets caught. Then if they go outside their quarantine zone the RFID triggers a small pack of explosive and bye bye villain.

 

[sleipnir214]

BNPMike:
Did you forget to post the evil laugh that should have followed the word "villain"?

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[BNPMike]

The second world war was shortened significantly because we cracked the Enigma codes (using the World's first computer). Recently two girls were murdered and mobile telephone records pinpointed their last position as outside the house of the murderer. Technology does bring social benefits.

 

[TheRambler]

These guys don't think this technology is always good, maybe they are just paranoid?

Don’t think because you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear. In a world of unchecked RFID we will all have something to fear and no way to hide from it.

http://www.notags.co.uk/

http://www.spychips.com/

http://www.foebud.org/texte/aktion/rfid/pe-gb.html

 

[chiph]

Technology will never stop criminals.

1) Because most crooks are dumb.

2) Because it usually only helps the police after the fact.

An example of the first case is the local guys who stole a Cadillac SUV off the dealer's lot. Dealer calls OnStar, OnStar calls the cops and gives them the car's GPS position. Thieves wreck the car when they see the cops behind them & are immediately caught.

An example of the 2nd case is cameras in public locations. The bad guys don't see them, and commit their crime. Only after the tapes are reviewed are they caught.

Chip H.


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[carrr]

Technology will never stop criminals.

An assumption.

Deterrence is a little hard to document, now isn't it?
Try to compile some stats on acts that never happened.

"'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds." - Malaclypse the Younger

 

[chiph]

Technology will never stop criminals.

An assumption.

Deterrence is a little hard to document, now isn't it?

Same problem with gun-control. When a gun is simply "flashed" to deter a criminal, no statistics are kept.

But I still stand by my statement that most crooks are dumb. The "evil genius" is very rare.

Chip H.


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[Dimandja]

We are already being tracked. Your credit cards, phones, etc... are doing a better job than your underwear can presently do. As tracking people to the crime scene, have you heard the one (in the US) about a crime that got videotaped, and then the lawyer showed it was not a crime after all? Next time you go on a rampage, make sure you have clean underwear on.

Dimandja

 

[bluedragon2]

Technology works both ways. It may hinder a thief in some aspects, but will open doors to others.

Don't here to many people breaking into bank vaults anymore, but identity theft is now a major crime. The result is basically the same, you are stealing someones personal assets.





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[lionelhill]

A few years back someone was trying to convince me my fridge should be checking the bar-codes of food going in and out so that it could keep up to date on what wasn't up to date, and plan a healthy menu, based on what it had available. It would even print out the recipe.

Somehow I felt uncomfortable about the idea my kitchen facilities might be cleverer than I was.

If we keep going this way my underpants will be fending off electronic boredom by solving the crossword, while the dishes complain I'm not washing them properly.