I generally think that the Tin Foil Hatters are hysterical when it comes to most privacy concerns. That’s not to say that there are no privacy issues associated with RFID, but the stance of CASPIAN and other similar groups is extreme. But then again, idiot marketers seem to be going out of their way to fan the flames.
For example, this Reuters article from last summer about Ad-ID briefly discusses how at some point RFID and Ad-ID could work together to find out whether a particular advertisement had caused a particular product to be purchased. Check out this quote:
In about five years, Ad-ID and RFID could be used together, he [Peter Sealey, adjunct professor of marketing at the University of California at Berkeley] said. “Then we could measure whether we delivered the commercial to you, and, as I am monitoring your pantry, whether you bought the product, too,” he said.
Great, professor. Way to go. Why would I, an RFID proponent and clearly not a wearer of metal chapeaux, want to allow you to monitor anything about my home?
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