Technology Could Track You By What You Wear, Eat
Chips Could Be Embedded In Driver's Licenses, Passports
POSTED: 7:38 pm PDT June 8,
2005
UPDATED: 9:02 pm PDT June 8,
2005
SAN DIEGO -- New technology known as radio frequency identification, or FRID, might eventually be able to track consumers by what they are wearing or eating, and be used in passports and on driver's licenses.
FRID tags are miniscule microchips that can be used to keep track of everything from cars to coffee cans to people. They are already used to keep track of inventory in stores and by hospitals to monitor patents and medication.
Privacy experts are concerned about the potential ubiquity of FRID tags and their ability to track consumers. Allowing the tags in a store is one thing, they say, but the chips should be permanently disabled them when customers leave."Let's say they're embedded in your tennis shoes," said Beth Givens, of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. "You could be tracked uniquely. 'Ah ha, Beth Givens just entered the bank; she's wearing those tennis shoes that identify her.' Is that going to happen? Hopefully not."A proposed law in Sacramento would ban the chips from driver's licenses, NBC 7/39 reported. FRID passports could become standard in a year or so, however.
FRID tags are miniscule microchips that can be used to keep track of everything from cars to coffee cans to people. They are already used to keep track of inventory in stores and by hospitals to monitor patents and medication.|
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