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Title: Should you worry about the tags on Wal-Mart underwear?
Post by: sam on July 24, 2010, 15:06

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The retail giant Wal-Mart will place radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags on underwear, jeans and other consumer items, according to several news reports, including one today from the Wall Street Journal. Companies have long used such "smart tags" to keep track of the inventory of goods going through the supply chain, but the move by Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, to put them on individual consumer items marks a (not unexpected) shift toward something that privacy advocates have long feared.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=should-you-worry-about-the-tags-on-2010-07-23

Title: Re: Should you worry about the tags on Wal-Mart underwear?
Post by: Rik on July 24, 2010, 15:35

I'd soon kill one off.  :o:

Title: Re: Should you worry about the tags on Wal-Mart underwear?
Post by: Clive on July 24, 2010, 22:08

That really is Orwell's Big Brother.  Tracking you around a supermarket!!  ::)

Title: Re: Should you worry about the tags on Wal-Mart underwear?
Post by: Simon on July 24, 2010, 22:14

 ;D

Title: Re: Should you worry about the tags on Wal-Mart underwear?
Post by: Baz on July 25, 2010, 09:15

Quote from: Clive on July 24, 2010, 22:08

That really is Orwell's Big Brother.  Tracking you around a supermarket!!  ::)

the store detectives do that dont they,especially to the youngsters  >:(

tar every one with the same brush

Title: Re: Should you worry about the tags on Wal-Mart underwear?
Post by: Rik on July 25, 2010, 11:26

I'm amazed the brush lasts, Baz. ;)

Title: Re: Should you worry about the tags on Wal-Mart underwear?
Post by: Simon on July 25, 2010, 11:30

:basil: