Tracking tags may get congressional scrutiny

Protections now, not after the fact: Strong personal protections need to be put in place before the proliferation of this technology.
Government actions usually come a day late and a dollar short. It's far easier to implement protections now than to try and implement them after the technology is in wide-spread use.

The use of RFID should be prohibited for the monitoring of individuals and RFID tags on merchandise should be deactivated at check-out by default. Violation of the protections should come with severe penalties.; Posted by: Tim Patterson Posted on: 03/25/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Dangerous Technology Tim Patterson | 03/25/04

but... Trayk2 | 03/25/04

It won't stop at check-out Tim Patterson | 03/25/04

Unfortunately it WILL happen Spoon Jabber | 03/26/04

What exactly 'IS RFID TAG""? ParadigmOdyssey | 03/26/04

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