RFID -- Radio Frequency Identification Technology and Its Impact on Privacy
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pulled from site's meta descriptionRadio Frequency Identification technology, or RFID, is being used in a number of settings from grocery stores and other retail outlets, to keeping track of pets and cattle, to license plates and passports. But the RFID systems are a clear threat to privacy, and recent history has shown that over-reliance on any kind of computer technology can be a disaster when the computers replace common sense.
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- AboutUs AutoGen
- RFID
- Radio Frequency Identification
- privacy
- right to privacy
- anonymous
- encryption
- snooping
- Big Brother
- Orwellain
- intrusive government
- supermarket discounts
- internet
- anonymity
- cameras
- wiretaps
- individual rights
- conservatism
- 1984
- item-level tagging
- passports
- tags
- tracking
- RFID chips embedded in license plates
- tracking vehicle movement
- being followed everywhere
- media bias
- freedom
- implanted in your hand or forehead
- national ID card
- privacy enhanced mail
- PGP
- cryptography
- codebreaking
- cashless society
- digital cash
- dumpster diving
- biometrics
- fingerprints
- hackers
- private medical information
- identity theft
- terrorism
- search and seizure
- electronic ballots
- trigger words
- they keep track of
- abuse of power
- every aspect of your life
- barcode on your forehead
- Patriot Act
- eroding liberties
- embedded chips
- surveillance cameras
- red light cameras
- individual liberty
- founding fathers
- delete button
- recoverability
- undeleting files
- pervasive government
- overreaching
- sneak and peek
- supermarket cards
- political correctness
- politically correct
- conservative
- liberals
- gathering information
- RFID+ certification