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Not to be paranoid...
By AmpedSilence on 1/18/2008 3:27:49 PM , Rating: 2
But when will it be possible to scan a person's house know exactly what is in the house? Or will these RFID's be "disabled" during checkout?

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By rfidguy on 1/19/2008 12:49:18 PM , Rating: 2
A short answer is yes and yes.

All ePC tags (as RFID tags are known that are widely used) have to have a mark on them that indicate it is being used. A point-of-sale systems (e.g. cash register) would certainly have the ability to destroy/disable the tag. Worst case, you can peal off the label and cut it in half with scissors to disable it yourself.

However, even if it were possible to read your entire house, the person ascertaining that data would only be getting a bit array that would have to have a very large database of logic behind it to figure out what you have. Today, it is impossible. To use an example, let's say you buy a high-end computer that has an ePC tag on it and there is someone that is out in your neighborhood looking for this type of computer. For this theif to find what you have he must have: a very power RFID reader and antenna, software that will pull data from the reader, a database that would have the company code, product code, specific company-issued serial numbers for the product. So, today to be able to read what you have in your house, you must be someone that has access to the ePC-related data associated with the product in question, must be RFID and IT-savvy enough to read the ePC tags in your house and must be a criminal.

Privacy concerns are real, and I encourage folks to keep up the questions, but in reality, there are checks in balances in place to keep you out of harm's way. The key right now is education to suppliers that are applying the tags to use the appropriate safeguards and education to the general public.

What concerns are there out there today around privacy aside from reading ePC tags in your house?

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By PandaBear on 1/20/2008 2:33:34 PM , Rating: 2
That my friend would know where I hide all my adult DVDs.

