Privacy Nonsense Sweeps the Internet

Even once-respectable publications, such as Scientific American, have found the need to publish utter nonsense about RFID and privacy, in the wake of the news that Wal-Mart plans to track some clothing items with the technology.

What Factors Are Stalling RFID’s Adoption?

What are the primary obstacles to widespread deployment of the technology? —Name withheld ——— I wrote a column about this topic back in 2007. At the time, I suggested that “time and secrecy” were two of the biggest obstacles (see The Obstacles to RFID...