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Another study unearths a potential security problem with RFID that could expose people to a nonexistent threat.

Another so-called expert talks about how RFID “could” be a threat to privacy, rather than whether it is likely to be a threat.

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RFID could be used to match a company or individual to a physical address, greatly reducing misdirected mail.

What factors should be considered? —Name withheld ——— One key factor is whether most people purchase single- or multiple-use tickets. If everyone, or almost everyone, buys single-use tickets, it can be very expensive to employ RFID transponders. If a high percentage...

I hate it when bloggers get their facts wrong. BNET, the CBS Interactive Network, has a post by blogger Damon Brown regarding Wal-Mart's use of RFID on apparel, and it is riddled with inaccuracies (see Wal-Mart RFID Clothing Tags Create a Slippery Privacy Slope)....

I have posted a question to your forum, but haven't yet received an answer. Why not? —Name withheld ——— We receive a lot of questions and try to answer them as quickly as possible, but we post responses in the order the questions are received. So it usually takes a...

Is such a tracking application of the technology possible? —Name withheld ——— I'll say up front that at RFID Journal, we don't believe it is ethical to monitor the movements of individuals. That said, if you are interested in, say, tracking company-owned cars, radio...

—Name withheld ——— Do I? No. First of all, I run a media and events company, and I have two kids, so I don't have much time to track anything, including my 401(K). Second, I don't own a reader infrastructure that covers the entire United States, and since building one...

A friend of mine owns a wood warehouse. How can he check the pallets or logs that leave his premises automatically? He wants a device on his trucks that can read all goods leaving his facility. —Name withheld ——— It is certainly possible to tag pallets and lumber, and...

The Washington Times seems to blame RFID for not solving a problem that it was never intended to solve.

I was wondering the approximate distance from which an RFID tag in a ski pass or lift ticket could be read. Can individuals be tracked while moving through trails—and if it is possible, is the price realistic? —Name withheld ——— A passive high-frequency (HF)...