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RFID Implants - No Way

Regarding implanting RFIDs and their potential benefit/abuse, I'm against them. While there are legitimate uses regarding inventory in warehouses and there are potential nefarious uses, my bet is that implanted RFIDs would be used for targeted advertising. Like cookies on the PC.

You'd walk down your grocery store aisle, get scanned, and then have little ads pop up (like those coupon devices) to offer you savings on detergent, dog food, whatever. It would be another way to coopt our privacy by means of exploiting databases of info on our prior habits.

Everything is about making a f**k*ng dollar and nothing else. And that's what will happen with RFIDs.

Posted by: DaffyDuck   Posted on: 10/29/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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