Wal-Mart wants to get into your pants

[Avatard]

Originally Posted by Apoc

They have been using radio tags on clothes in walmart up here for years now. Odd.

Not the same thing...this is RFID, not just an induction coil alarm (what you're talking about). The induction coil in an RFID is active, not passive, and contains data.

[fasternyou929]

Originally Posted by Avatard

I think the point of concern here lies with the fact that with all of the RFID chips in your new documents, and those RFID readers in use in the stores, in the hands of any unscrupulous people, they may be used to access documents on your person.

There is also concern that chips hidden in items such as TV boxes would literally transmit "I JUST BOUGHT THE MAC DADDY BIG SCREEN!" to anyone cruising the hood with a scanner.

To be fair, how often do you carry your passport to Wal-Mart? Or any other sensitive documents with RFID chips in them? I can think of two times, but both were in Beijing. In the US... not so much.

Hell, I'd be surprised if more than 15% of Wal-Mart shoppers had a passport to worry about.

[Amorok]

Well, you've always got options if you're worried about your credit cards, like the wallet I have:

And the same thing's available for your passport:


Go to this link to learn more!!!

[shmike]

Haven't RFID's been in use for years now?

I remember the "Big-brother" fear mongerers screaming about this when I was in grade school.

Aren't those little plastic bars stuck on most big-box-store inventory RFID devices?

[Avatard]

No, they are resonant coil (or in this case, reed) passive systems.