RFID a boon for retailers, bane for privacy advocates

RFID a boon for retailers, bane for privacy advocates
Tags: Department Stores, Online Retailing, POS, Pharmacy/Drugstores, RFID Technology, Retail - Apparel, Retail - Automotive, Retail - Convenience Stores, Retail - Electronics, Retail - General, Retail - Home Center, Retail - Mall, Retail - Warehouse, Specialty Stores, Supermarkets & Grocery Stores, Supply Chain, Technology
March 16, 2008

Associated Press: The problem with RFID, critics say, is that the microchipping of products might have unintended consequences. With tags in so many objects, relaying information to databases that can be linked to credit and bank cards, almost no aspect of life may soon be safe from the prying eyes of corporations and governments, says Mark Rasch, former head of the computer-crime unit of the U.S. Justice Department.