[LINK] Technology that exposes your dirty linen

[Tom Worthington]

At 08:36 PM 7/01/2008, David Boxall wrote:
>This bears on issues raised on Link in the past.  Is it any more 
>accurate than previous efforts?
> From <http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2008/01/06/1199554485298.html>
>. . .
>... "These concerns are exacerbated by the fact that individuals may 
>not be given notice that the products they purchase or the objects 
>they use contain RFID tags and may not be given the choice to remove 
>or disable RFID tags." ...

You could pop the clothes in a microwave oven for a few seconds to 
destroy the RFID tags. Just make sure you do not have any metal 
buttons or zips 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID#Protection_against_RFID_interception>. 
Perhaps this is a service dry cleaners could offer. ;-)

>... Data-matching and data-mining allow information generated by 
>people doing ordinary things - such as using automatic teller 
>machines, paying with credit cards, using shopping loyalty cards or 
>smartcards, writing cheques ...

Perhaps it has reached the point where the surveillance is so 
widespread that there is not point trying to regulate it at source, 
and it is the use to which the data is put which we need to concentrate on.



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