[LINK] Technology that exposes your dirty linen

Brendan Scott brendansweb at optusnet.com.au
Wed Jan 9 13:52:14 AEDT 2008


Tom Worthington wrote:
> 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.

Wouldn't it be likely that consumer RFID detectors/destroyers would be manufactured over time?

B




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