The new book
"Spychips" by Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre has caused quite a stir in the RFID community because of the
authors' claim that governments and corporations will leverage the technology to track people without their knowledge.
A number of people who have read the book say that it's right on the money; others say it's farfetched.
(Note: I have not yet read the book but I intend to read it soon and post my own thoughts on it.)
In the meantime, InformationWeek is featuring a podcast interview with Albrecht that sheds some light on why she feels RFID is dangerous to those who champion privacy rights and civil liberties. Whether you agree with her or not, she does make some interesting points.
1. You should find the book very well written.
They have patents to back their statements.
So the old saying is something like this "If is looks like a dog and barks like a dog... then it must be a ....?
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Posted at 4:17AM on Dec 19th 2005 by James Mata