Spychips RFID Blog

New form of "cattle rustlin'" in the future:
Israelis demonstrate ease of "skimming" RFID tags.
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This is important work you are doing.
Have you considered taking this to public access television? Discuss it in a public forum on cable TV. Our federal government seems to be doing everything in favor of the mega corporate business'while taking our rights and privacy away. I believe that most people are wise to what is really going on. I believe it is time that "People" need to hear your rally call. Visit www.wccatv.com or contact your local public access/ community media center, (before the government shuts them down too, right now the senate commerce committee is looking at the Stevens bill, s2686, which might do that). First they will take community media away, then limit Internet, then brainwash the public into thinking NAIS and RFID are a good thing. We need serious change in this country and the world.
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Having worked on the National Livestock Identification Scheme in Australia I find the hysteria you are promoting, particularly in respect of Animal Tagging to be totally misinformed.

RFID is having a positive effect not least of which is ensuring food safety and prevention of disease outbreaks. Further benefits to farmers are prevention of cattle theft, better farm management information and better prices. It is also likely that interest rates on stock mortgages will reduce as banks can now track their assets.

Most technologies in the world can be used for good or evil and no technology is inherently evil in and of itself. I agree there are privacy concerns around some usage of RFID but it is counter-productive to label every use of RFID as bad and running scare campaigns does nothing to contribute to the public debate.