The Tech Zone has posted an editorial about the coming storm over RFID chips.

Consumers are being tracked, catalogued surveilled and their "data" is being warehoused, filed and mapped with increasing detail. This is happening without our knowledge or consent. This invasive spying is currently confined to loading docks at Wal-Mart, Target and Metro Future stores, but is ready to follow you home if you aren't careful about RFID technology.

RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification and is a term that will become increasingly well known as usage of the new technology becomes pervasive. There is no question that the tiny chips, which enable tracking of physical goods from the assembly line to warehouse to retail outlet to checkstand, will replace the barcodes previously used for that purpose.

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