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Tiny chips could be very hard to spot. Especially when “printed” onto product packaging. " The vision is to move from the etched, solid metal antennas to the printed antennas ."
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Especially when “printed” onto product packaging "The vision is to move from the etched, solid metal antennas to the printed antennas." "Since radio waves travel through most packaging materials, packagers...could print the antenna…inside of the box. They could laminate it inside the package, or print it on the outsideand print over it." – Dan Lawrence, Flint Ink
And they’re getting smaller. Hitachi’s mu-chip contrasted with grains of rice
They can be integrated into paper Inkode’s “chipless tag”: Closeup of Inkode metal fibers embedded in paper
Alien/RAFSEC “C” tag A 6” tag is hard to hide.
6” Alien/RAFSEC “C” tag inside a box Or is it? Hidden: Sandwiched in cardboard
Alien/RAFSEC “I” Tag This tag (with a 17ft. read range) is easy to spot, right?
Alien/RAFSEC “I” tag in lid of Pantene shampoo bottle Not when “placed inside cap” – an inaccessible location on this flip-top product
Another big tag (4.5”) Alien/RAFSEC “S” Tag
“placed between layers of paper” Alien/RAFSEC “S” Tag in Bag
Traceable CashJapanese yen and Euro banknotemay soon carry RFID chips
Threat: Ubiquitous readers Texas Instruments advises retailers to scan customers’ loyalty cards right through their purse or walletSource: http://www.ti.com/tiris/docs/solutions/pos/loyalty.shtml
Source: Checkpoint Systems In ceilings and floors
In doorways Image source: Copytag http://www.copytag.com/2001/active/apps-articles-1.html
Even “Thinking Carpets” Image source: Vorwerk (Germany) http://www.vorwerk.teppich.de/sc/vorwerk/img/bildarchiv/thinking_carpet_1.jpg
Fair Information Principles IgnoredDirect Marketing Association member companies surveyed: NOTICE: 62% gather personal information without telling customers CHOICE: 74% use customers’ personal data without asking permission (n=365) Source: Milne, George R. and Maria-Eugenia Boza (1998), “A Business Perspective on Database Marketing and Consumer Privacy Practices,” Marketing Science Institute Working Paper No. 98-110. Cambridge, MA: Marketing Science Institute. As cited in: Milne, George R. (2000) “Privacy and Ethical Issues in Database/Interactive Marketing and Public Policy,” Journal of Public Policy and Marketing 19 (Spring), 1-6.
Scandal: Benetton/Philips clothing tagging Tags could not be “killed” as promised Benetton told consumers the tags could be “killed” at checkout, while Philips documentation revealed the tags could only be made “dormant.”
Our response: For more details see: www.BoycottGillette.com
Scandal: Secret Wal-Mart/P&G trial Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 4-month secret RFID experiment used live consumers. Distant P&G executives used a video camera trained on the shelf to observe shoppers. Both Wal-Mart and P&G repeatedly denied the trials until evidence was produced.
Outcome: Germans protested Rheinberg, Germany February 28, 2004
Just for fun:Can you spot the RFID tag on the Hewlett-Packard printer box?Hint: It's "clearly labeled," according to HP and Wal-Mart. ©Liz McIntyre
Wal-Mart keeps employees in the dark.A Wal-Mart employee assured us this tag was "Nothing, just a label.“ She also told us the letters 'EPC' didn't mean a thing.
And now there’s a book. "The privacy movement needs a book. I nominate Spychips.” - Marc Rotenberg, EPIC “Spychips "make[s] a stunningly powerful argument against plans for RFID being mapped out by government agencies, retail and manufacturing companies…. This won't be comfortable reading in the IT departments of major retailers and manufacturers, but it is essential.” - Evan Schuman, CIOInsight