Europe talks of RFID curbs
The International Herald Tribune reports that European retailers such as Metro take RFID privacy issues seriously. The article also notes that privacy rights activists have been receptive to some of the retailers’ ideas.
But the article also mentions, briefly (excerpt, below), that schoolgirl uniforms will still be tagged (no “opt-in” RFID scheme for kids), because parents want their kids tracked. — mb
Use of radio ID tags faces limits – International Herald Tribune
A British uniform supplier, Trutex (image, right, from the Trutex website), said it was developing clothing with chips to track schoolchildren, in part because of surveys that showed parents were favorable to the idea.
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Fear, fear, fear.
Is that the basis of everything nowadays? Children tracked wherever they go, parents contacted when they are not on time, RFID library books, electronic storing of educational records for life, cash free schools. When will it end?
People need to accept that risk is a part of living, and no excuse is sufficient for the world that is currently in construction.
And worse still, people are so indoctrinated, they actually believe that such measures are introduced for their benefit.