Opposing Digits

Hidden inside every book, video and CD at the new Ontario library is a tiny chip officials say will speed up operations and save money, but it also worries privacy advocates.

In an effort to develop the workforce and provide the industry with a standard for measuring competency in the installation and maintenance of RFID, CompTIA is proud to announce the CompTIA RFID+ certification, the global standard of competency for entry level RFID professionals.

Tags, Caspian explains, are Big Brother devices. They could be bad for health, continually bombarding people with electromagnetic energy, and they could be used to spam consumers with personalised advertising. Caspian’s tone is well captured by the title of Albrecht’s 2005 book, co-written with Liz McIntyre. It’s called Spychips: how major corporations and government plan to track your every move with RFID. It’s the work of “two suburban moms who’ve taken on some of the largest corporations in the world because we care about the future our children will inherit”. And in case you didn’t get the point about th e “terrifying” world that’s to come, Spychips discusses “What if Hitler had RFID?”

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