Anonymous

Michigan

computer developer

Mr. Rose and his friends should do more research on RFID besides just reading and reacting to the CASPIAN "spy chip" bias.

The new RFID tags being developed will have a "kill" feature that will render the tag's internal codes non-functional. As a consumer, you would be given a choice of having the tags "killed" when you leave the retailer.

If Rose and group thinks that somehow people will be able to track a person by tags in clothing, how about all of them (and all CAPSIAN members too) buying clothes with (non-"killed") tags and then swapping the items with other. Do this enough times and any database "tracking" system would be seriously compromised.

Since the passive RFID tag has a very limited range (several feet depending on frequency, antenna size and reader power), to really track a person, there would need to be readers every 50 feet or so. (Satellites can not track RFID tags... something about the laws of physics).

All of those millions of readers would need to report their data to one system. Just to track a sweater that belongs to someone else?

Think about it (hard)-- the fears about RFID doe not make sense. CASPIAN is jerking your chain.

If you want to track someone, the RTLS (Real Time Location System) tag would be much better suited. It can fix a location within 300 feet and uses GPS. Of course, the RTLS tags cost over $400 and are much larger than RFID tags. I don't think they will fit in a sweater.

Personally, I too have concerns about privacy.

Unless we lived under a totalitarian dictatorship where you could be given (injected with) an RFID tag instead of a tatooed bar code or serial number, I think the flap over about RFID is overblown.

I oppose ADSX and its concept of "chipping" people-- it is repugnant. There has to be a better way resolve the problems with street orphans in Mexico than to inject tags in them for identification purposes. Being "chipped" so you do not have to carry your credit card or ID in Barcelona bars is foolish.

Instead, I look at the positive aspects of RFID tags and their supporting systems: Reduced prices and inventories for goods due to better supply chain management and anti-theft ("shrinkage")applications; tracking of food suppply items to ensure product safety; convenience in travel and anti-collision warning systems; recycling information (i.e. composition) for objects; and many others.