Perspective: RFID tags: Big Brother in small packages

Could we be constantly tracked through our clothes, shoes or even our cash in the future?

I'm not talking about having a microchip surgically implanted beneath your skin, which is what Applied Digital Systems of Palm Beach, Fla., would like to do. Nor am I talking about John Poindexter's creepy Total Information Awareness spy-veillance system, which I wrote about last week.

Instead, in the future, we could be tracked because we'll be wearing, eating and carrying objects that are carefully designed to do so.

The generic name for this technology is RFID, which stands for radio frequency identification. RFID tags are miniscule microchips, which already have shrunk to half the size of a grain of sand. They listen for a radio query and respond by transmitting their unique ID code. Most RFID tags have no batteries: They use the power from the initial radio signal to transmit their response.

You should become familiar with RFID technology because you'll be hearing much more about it soon. Retailers adore the concept, and CNET News.com's own Alorie Gilbert wrote last week about how Wal-Mart and the U.K.-based grocery chain Tesco are starting to install "smart shelves" with networked RFID readers. In what will become the largest test of the technology, consumer goods giant Gillette recently said it would purchase 500 million RFID tags from Alien Technology of Morgan Hill, Calif.

Alien Technology won't reveal how it charges for each tag, but industry estimates hover around 25 cents. The company does predict that in quantities of 1 billion, RFID tags will approach 10 cents each, and in lots of 10 billion, the industry's holy grail of 5 cents a tag.

It becomes unnervingly easy to imagine a scenario where everything you buy that's more expensive than a Snickers will sport RFID tags, which typically include a 64-bit unique identifier yielding about 18 thousand trillion possible values. KSW-Microtec, a German company, has invented washable RFID tags designed to be sewn into clothing. And according to EE Times, the European central bank is considering embedding RFID tags into banknotes by 2005.

It becomes unnervingly easy to imagine a scenario where everything you buy that's more expensive than a Snickers will sport RFID tags.

That raises the disquieting possibility of being tracked though our personal possessions. Imagine: The Gap links your sweater's RFID tag with the credit card you used to buy it and recognizes you by name when you return. Grocery stores flash ads on wall-sized screens based on your spending patterns, just like in "Minority Report." Police gain a trendy method of constant, cradle-to-grave surveillance.

You can imagine nightmare legal scenarios that don't involve the cops. Future divorce cases could involve one party seeking a subpoena for RFID logs--to prove that a spouse was in a certain location at a certain time. Future burglars could canvass alleys with RFID detectors, looking for RFID tags on discarded packaging that indicates expensive electronic gear is nearby. In all of these scenarios, the ability to remain anonymous is eroded.

Don't get me wrong. RFID tags are, on the whole, a useful development and a compelling technology. They permit retailers to slim inventory levels and reduce theft, which one industry group estimates at $50 billion a year. With RFID tags providing economic efficiencies for businesses, consumers likely will end up with more choices and lower prices. Besides, wouldn't it be handy to grab a few items from store shelves and simply walk out, with the purchase automatically debited from your (hopefully secure) RFID'd credit card?

The privacy threat comes when RFID tags remain active once you leave a store. That's the scenario that should raise alarms--and currently the RFID industry seems to be giving mixed signals about whether the tags will be disabled or left enabled by default.

In an interview with News.com's Gilbert last week, Gillette Vice President Dick Cantwell said that its RFID tags would be disabled at the cash register only if the consumer chooses to "opt out" and asks for the tags to be turned off. "The protocol for the tag is that it has built in opt-out function for the retailer, manufacturer, consumer," Cantwell said.

Wal-Mart, on the other hand, says that's not the case. When asked if Wal-Mart will disable the RFID tags at checkout, company spokesman Bill Wertz told Gilbert: "My understanding is that we will."

Cantwell asserts that there's no reason to fret. "At this stage of the game, the tag is no good outside the store," he said. "At this point in time, the tag is useless beyond the store shelf. There is no value and no harm in the tag outside the distribution channel. There is no way it can be read or that (the) data would be at all meaningful to anyone." That's true as far as it goes, but it doesn't address what might happen if RFID tags and readers become widespread.

If the tags stay active after they leave the store, the biggest privacy worries depend on the range of the RFID readers. There's a big difference between tags that can be read from an inch away compared to dozens or hundreds of feet away.

The privacy threat comes when RFID tags remain active once you leave a store.

For its part, Alien Technology says its RFID tags can be read up to 15 feet away. "When we talk about the range of these tags being 3 to 5 meters, that's a range in free space," said Tom Pounds, a company vice president. "That's optimally oriented in front of a reader in free space. In fact if you put a tag up against your body or on a metal Rolex watch in free space, the read range drops to zero."

But what about a more powerful RFID reader, created by criminals or police who don't mind violating FCC regulations? Eric Blossom, a veteran radio engineer, said it would not be difficult to build a beefier transmitter and a more sensitive receiver that would make the range far greater. "I don't see any problem building a sensitive receiver," Blossom said. "It's well-known technology, particularly if it's a specialty item where you're willing to spend five times as much."

Privacy worries also depend on the size of the tags. Matrics of Columbia, Md., said it has claimed the record for the smallest RFID tag, a flat square measuring 550 microns a side with an antenna that varies between half an inch long to four inches by four inches, depending on the application. Without an antenna, the RFID tag is about the size of a flake of pepper.

Matrics CEO Piyush Sodha said the RFID industry is still in a state of experimentation. "All of the customers are participating in a phase of extensive field trials," Sodha said. "Then adoption and use in true business practices will happen...Those pilots are only going to start early this year."

To the credit of the people in the nascent RFID industry, these trials are allowing them to think through the privacy concerns. An MIT-affiliated standards group called the Auto-ID Center said in an e-mailed statement to News.com that they have "designed a kill feature to be built into every (RFID) tag. If consumers are concerned, the tags can be easily destroyed with an inexpensive reader. How this will be executed i.e. in the home or at point of sale is still being defined, and will be tested in the third phase of the field test."

If you care about privacy, now's your chance to let the industry know how you feel. (And, no, I'm not calling for new laws or regulations.) Tell them that RFID tags are perfectly acceptable inside stores to track pallets and crates, but that if retailers wish to use them on consumer goods, they should follow four voluntary guidelines.

First, consumers should be notified--a notice on a checkout receipt would work--when RFID tags are present in what they're buying. Second, RFID tags should be disabled by default at the checkout counter. Third, RFID tags should be placed on the product's packaging instead of on the product when possible. Fourth, RFID tags should be readily visible and easily removable.

Given RFID's potential for tracking your every move, is that too much to ask?

Biography
Declan McCullagh is CNET News.com's chief political correspondent. He spent more than a decade in Washington, D.C., chronicling the busy intersection between technology and politics. Previously, he was the Washington bureau chief for Wired News, and a reporter for Time.com, Time magazine and HotWired. McCullagh has taught journalism at American University and been an adjunct professor at Case Western University.

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About the alien technology

would this be inconflict with some part of us being a free nation or does the government have the authority to do with us what they will, as to treat us as ginny pigs in their way to bettre them selves and to put some sort or boycot on our way of living? I for one would not like to subject myself to this onslot of tests what if somthing were to go wrong what if you have a pace maker and these RFID chips interfer with it? Have they really thought about our safty in this or only what they may gain out of this?

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RFID Mark of the Beast?

I agree with this article in part. I don't think I goes far enough.
The Bible tells us about the "Mark of the Beast", describing RFID 2000 years ago.
There is NO WAY I will buy anything that will track me, they can keep it on their shelves until it rots. And forget about any notion of under the skin, PERIOD!!

Wal Mart

Dont shop at Wal-Mart then, because they are already using this!!

AMEN!!!

I totally agree Peter!

NO choice

Peter im afraid there isnt much of a choice i work for a company and have to implement this sytstem within the next year. Proctor and gamble already uses it and Wall-Mart is making everyone who does business with them use this technology, or they wont do business with you.

Mark of the beast??

I agree with the sentiments of Peter Jam, but if 'they' want to 'chip' you they will, probably through a chip in a bank note, or a chip in a 'flu' jab or other medical treatment....There's even a sniper rifle available which can chip you with a tiny device...all you'd feel would be a tiny pin prick. Here in the Uk I'm expecting under the skin implants sometime in the next few years. I aim to have the injection, then go home and remove the chip and place it on a plaster to wear when I want to be identified, and to leave at home when I don't....

RFID mark of the Beast?

I agree that RFID could be the mark, nevertheless, if "one whose name has been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world" carefully studies(in fellowship)the contexts of Dan. 9:24-27, 12:10-11, Mat.24:14-15, Mark 13:14-23, as compared to Rom.5:9, Eph.5:6, 1Thes.1:10, 2Pet.2:9, Rev.3:10, Rev. 13:8-14:, 17:8, this one will realize that "we" will depart in the near future. 1Thes.4:13 -5:11. The birth pains are here. Be of good cheer!!!

[james_543]

RFID mark of the beast?

i also agree with peter jam. 6 months ago I bought a mp3 player from Dixons and I went there last week and guess what the security alarm went off. I told them look I bought this mp3 player 6 months ago and this is my name and address and so on they checked with their database and did found that I bought the mp3 player and then they removed the tag thing. I thought they removed it when I bought the mp3 player. So what I am trying to say is if that happened to me I can just imagine whats going to happen after RFID. (just watched the BBC click programme) I believed there should be some rules and regulation before its introduced to the public. I WILL NOT BUY ANYTHING WHICH TRACKS ME OR INVADES MY PRIVECY.

[heikin]

Re: mark of the beast...

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[steveadore]

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Tagzapper RFID kill tool

Have you read the Wall Street Journal mention of the Tagzapper? Several Web sites boast about  but don't yet sell  devices with names like TagZapper and RFIDWasher, which are supposed to make disabling the tags easier. Technology experts say some of these "zappers" work by emitting a burst of electromagnetic energy that permanently destroys the tag. Unfortunately, they say, it might also fry other nearby electronics, including iPods and cellphones.

They should have said more about the tool.

[flamerr22]

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It may not really deactivate the tag

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eyewitness to RFID used to track humans

yeah, RFID is used to monitor and track humans for security. I learned the hard way. I am the infamous bubble boy that all the artists are inspired by. I suspect that I will not live too much longer.
I read about "motes" or "smart dust" in New Science. Well, i have been trained at how to receive and carry these tiny sensors using static charges.
I have been poisoned and drugged so many times that I swear that i am no longer human. My body is like a remote controlled vessel with x-ray eyes, fiber optic cameras (little beans in my retinas, microwave hearing, cell phone fillings, radio tagged licence plates, metallic staining throughout my body to make me the magnetic man, a VDI display of digital satellite imaging from behind my eyeballs, i have pictures of 2 chips in my right hand, i am glazed, my hair are antennas, my body is a magnet for DNA samples, actors control me using sublime staging and they sprinkle me with smart dust, i know all members of the services, my Ph is remote controlled, my cells respire by remote control, the sun and wind around me are manipulated by atmospheric control, my eyes are capable of identifying peoples aura, i am able to identify light above the visible spectrum. I have not the time to continue but believe me, i havent even started.
Hey, can somebody please dignify me? I lead a pretty kept life. I dont have any problems, no smoking, drinking, drugs, sex, ect. I am bound by religious spectacles. These people murdered my grandmother, gave my father a heart attack, torturing my brother, and well, i am the WORLDS MOST TERRORIZED MAN. I have no past record and my sins have been remotely viewed back as far as technology goes, i have no grave sins to condemn me to a life of torture and PRESSURE....
Why is it that anybody in society who has money in the bank knows what i am talking about yet i cannot find any other place in the world where these things are identified in a direct manner? Why is it that with all of the knowledge that we have of advanced securtiy and espionage, digital encoding of rna/dna, gene splicing, ect. how is it that anybody who make a case to the authorities about their illegal stalking should be identified as a total nut who is dreaming up some wacky thing. Geez, look under radio head and you will learn how my fillings allow my jaw and orbital bone of the ear to be a two way cellular telephone that can send and receive wireless instant messages and voice,data and image information. Geez, every person in the city knows me and they treat me like i am a convicted pedophile or something. My crime? I used to masturbate at night in my basement apartment because i was holding out on love and relationships (over four years) becuase i had the crazy idea of waiting until i was free of debt so to one day be able to honour a girl. Now i am unable to be with anyone becuase i have a smart bacteria in my ***** that will taint anyone i am with, let alone the invasion of privacy. I am sexually and physically assaulted everyday, everywhere i go. I have no prior record of driving infractions, other than a ticket, before suffering about 18 crashes, all by which were set up using props, manipulation of wind forces, magnets, many control mechanisms over my engines, ect. Wow, i am really blowing the lid. anyhow, if you are interested in my story, please reply to my e-mail address. I dont expect to hear back. It is obvious, you have a job, you know what i am speaking of. Oh yeah, I am a Canadian. Canada is the testing ground for new tech. Look at the canadian music artists, just about every one of them has recently put out an album or many albums that promote this new religious society. Hey, these people even treated me to live concerts where i was wired up to actual band members, crazy horse, the tragically hip, sarah maclachlan, 54-40 and TOOL.
please reply. The federal govt put me in a jail cell and doped me up on a terrible hallucinogen, then staged a mockery court hearing with ridiculous acting in front of my mom and dad and then threatened to give their signals to the inmate actors at the jail to be terrorized if i ever try to write anything down on paper ever again. I know the symbol of this vigilante society, it is a hangman's gallow.
Thank-you...reply:
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[crissyluv]

I understand what you are going through. For I have been chipped unwillingly and my children and all family and associates know this but are pretending that they don't know what is going on all except my brother.

[christian_familly]

For real how did you reach that far? are there any brains in your head letting somebody making a creature out of you? i'm sorry but all this is really your foult not thems.I ratter let them kill me instead of taking the mark of beast in my body. You should have faith in GOD and pray for forgiveness.God bless you.

[sarrec]

I am sory for jou torture I am my self implante I uset to have 5 implantes two in the tooth www.elf tooth implant .com one in my back of the neck which hase give me tens of thausens imitatin of waterbodin many many friend and family member hae seen me moanin and guspinm for litle ocigen when the atacket ocurred it wos night and day .my quesqion is does anybody know hou to disable the ear implantes these are the moste horror devices it hase ever to be remembered it is nothink above them I hade 5 i know and now I have two in my both eares dont know hou long will be alive they keap me near death everyday oi live in europe now i left usa 2003 thinkin they will not torture me if i live bot is hase never stopet ever sens feel free to write me [e-mail]

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EPC Version 1 Generation 2

From the press reports, the latest version of the EPC spec for UHF RFID will have sections for privacy concerns. I.E. a killed tag will be completely unusable (not simply erased but non functional).
I also believe that RFID will be a technology that needs plenty of skilled workers that must be local to where it is used. It is going to be a hard technology to long distance outsource for the next 10 years.
Finally, R&#38;D on RFID low power circuit designs and chip connect technology will benefit many other non RFID fields as well (mobile technology for example).

Should be an interesting next 10 years.

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RFID Tags

RFID Tags
Having read at some length reports in your papers re Computing about this topic, a number of issues arise.
1. As and when the supermarkets and other stores start using this system how will the effectiveness of the tags be neutralised once outside the store if at all?
2. If the system can scan a whole trolley load of items in one go will we see the disappearance of checkout queues and the reduction of staff with savings passed onto the consumer?
3. As stores of all kinds include a percentage for the loss of goods through pilfering will this system reduce the problem and again pass on the savings to the customer?
4. If they are not neutralised does this mean that anybody with a RFID tag scanner will know what is stored in another persons house?
5. Will it also save time when a shopping list is required prior to a visit to the store by being able to scan all the items in the cupboards and fridge and freezer in a trice?
6. In respect to things like automobiles will the tag have to remain active throughout the life of the vehicle so that replacement parts can be identified quickly?
7. Given that large types of stores have massive databases that are suppose to identify products sold from the shelving areas via the checkout of the store and order replacement stock from the store area; and we know how efficient that system is, will we have the same problem with this new technology?
8. In the future (not too far off) will we order from the comfort of our homes via email to the store of our choice our requirement of provisions, when a automatic machine will travel around the store and pick out our order and then deliver it to our door reducing the need for manual labour from store staff and again reducing the cost of living?

I think not but we will wait with interest to see how mankind will deliver this new technology and make our lives the more richer not only with money but give us more social time. I look forward to the day when women cant moan about how their feet hurt from the trudging around the shops. (In my dreams)

[pencoyd]

Please remember to avoid attacks

No personal attacks, whether against an individual or a group, such as gender. This comment had a lot of pertinent points, so no need to end it with a throwaway insult.

Thanks for participating.

John Roberts
CNET News.com product development

[konstructikon1]

savings are never passed on to the customer after an initial price has been set. think about it if you were a ceo of a company would you say "sure i don't want to make as much money as i possibly can. pass the savings on to the customer."

Panopticon

A prediction: RFID (contactless or proximity chip) technology will probably be accepted in most industrialized nations on the basis of increased efficiency and personal security. All but the most strenuous objections will be overcome by steps taken to ensure that individual privacy will be safeguarded. This initial rollout of the technology will create economies of scale that will allow the chips and antennas to approach invisibility to the naked eye. At that point, the chips will become ubiquitous -- they will be everywhere and used in many clever ways. A generation or two from now, we will be living in the panopticon -- naked in a goldfish bowl. Does the prospect of this scenario bother you enough to write your congressperson in protest?

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The TECHtionary.com TECH-Tip is RFID-Radio Frequency IDentification  Summary
An animated explanation is available at www.techtionary.com

An RFID system sends data from a Transmitter with radio frequency using an Antenna via free space (over-the-air) to other devices known as Tags, and to retrieve data with a Receiver, by machine-readable means, at a suitable time and place to satisfy particular application needs. A RFID system requires the means of reading or analyzing the data received with a Programmer/Interrogator and some means of communicating the data to a host computer or data processing system. A Tag (no acronym) is a TRANSPONDER - an electronic TRANSmitter (exciter) - resPONDER (receiver) is attached to the object to be identified, and when appropriate signals are received, transmits information via radio frequency signals to the reader (receiver).

Next Week Part 2 is a RFID Case Study

More Details -

RFID systems are categorized by their frequency ranges which is related to the cost and distance (read) required. Three carrier radio frequencies are commonly used as representative of the low, intermediate and high ranges are 125kHz, 13.56 MHz and 2.45 GHz. However, there are eight frequency bands in use around the world.
Passive Tags are powered from the RF-Radio Frequency transmission signals received from the Transmitter. Passive RFID or read-only tags operate without a separate external power source and obtain operating power generated from the reader. Passive RFID usually contain 32 to 128 bits (though check with manufacturer as this is a rapidly changing technology). Active Tags are turned-on with the RF signals but powered by battery or other sources. Active RFID tags are read/write (can be rewritten and/or modified) powered by an internal battery. An active tags memory size and life varies according to application requirements and battery type. Some systems operate with up to 1MB-MegaByte including history and operating other applications and last an estimated ten-years. In general, RFID tags can operate in high/low temperatures and be read through a variety of substances such as snow, fog, ice, paint, crusted grime, and other visually and environmentally challenging conditions such as around corners (not LOS-Line of Sight), where barcodes or other optically read technologies would be useless. RFID tags typically respond in less than 100 milliseconds. Two methods distinguish and categorize RFID systems, one based upon close physical proximity electromagnetic or inductive coupling (e.g. card reader) and one based upon propagating electromagnetic radio frequency waves. Coupling (connection) is via antenna structures forming an integral feature in both tags and readers. While the term antenna is generally considered more appropriate for propagating systems it is also loosely applied to inductive systems.

RFID and DNA Used Against Violent Crime

A network of RFID detectors would be a blessing for law abiding citizens. It would be used to deter violent crimes like kidnapping, rape, and assault.

RFID and DNA are combined in a personal security invention called the Identifying Security Product (ISP). The ISP makes DNA evidence against attackers that the police can locate by RFID.

Attackers do not want to be identified and punished. An invention called the ISP intimidates them by making DNA evident that the police can find easily.

THE CONCEPT IS SIMPLE

For animation see

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Imagine personal security device about the size of a button. It contains a hundred miniature skin samplers in a breakable container. The victim could rupture the ISP deliberately upon an attack or the attacker could break it open unknowingly. The sheer numbers of tissues samples assures that some of these skin samplers will take and store a tiny sample of skin from the attacker and then fall to the ground.

POLICE SEARCH

Each of the skin samplers has a RFID tag. RFID is a miniature wireless tracking device the size of a grain of rice. All of the RFID tags share the same code. This code is made known to the police if foul play is suspected. The police search likely crime scenes quickly with wireless RFID search devices set to the victims unique code. Recovered skin samplers are taken to a lab for DNA identification. DNA analysis of the tissue in the skin sampler identifies the attacker and he is arrested.

LIVE RESCUE

A RFID detection network could quickly locate the victims tissue samplers with their unique RFID code. Such a system opens the possibility for the live rescue of kidnap victims.

For now the ISP is only text on screen. Unfortunately, the attackers in society are real and present dangers. In the USA alone there are over +5 million violent attack, +80,000 rapes, and +30,000 stranger abductions every year. There are about 100 child abduction murders more than one every four days.

SPREADING AWARENESS

I have learned that business will not risk manufacturing the ISP without demand for it. This makes spreading awareness of the ISP critical. Once business sees a demand for the ISP they will risk the costs of making and selling it. Then the promise of the ISP will be realized and we will have a safer less fearful society for those we love.

rfid tag is real

i know a few things about walmarts rfid tags and from what i am told is that not only will walmart dispence these tags in merchandise but also not to long in the future that they will also invite the customer to have a chip implanted under the skin that allows the customer to not have to carry money or credit cards but which allows the customer to come in pick there items bag them and walk out of the store with everthing in there basket charged to the chip under their skin which is paid out to walmart though their bank account via the chip

the chip is real

also walmart plans to replace all but a handful of cashiers with self checks . instead of you having a real live cashier waiting on you it will be a machine that you will have to deal with if you want to shop at walmart.in my opion i would rather shop at a store where full customer service is given.shopping at walmart will just be no fun at all and more work than we already have it is a retail giant that will fall .you know what they say the bigger they are the harder they fall .

RFID Tags, the manufacturers

This must be a huge market and with so much controversy it probably is profitable for those willing to enter the forray. Are the companies developing <a href="http://www.symbol.com/products/rfid/rfid.html">rfid tags</a> (<a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.symbol.com/products/rfid/rfid.html" target="_newWindow">http://www.symbol.com/products/rfid/rfid.html</a>)likely to encounter a major consumer/privacy advocate backlash?

RFID readers

I would think it really would fall more on the companies using the rfid readers [ actually, i'll also refer to: <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.symbol.com/category.php?category=147" target="_newWindow">http://www.symbol.com/category.php?category=147</a> ] to track items or whatever else that will probably undergo the most criticism.

[docksider]

Mandatory Implantation into Infant Craniums

As everyone knows, infant children have a large
hole in the top of their skull. As a human infant grows, the opening eventually closes.

'The Powers That Be' should make good use of this
fact. Every child should be forced to submit to have a radiolinked chip placed inside of their skull during infancy. Once the hole in the shull grows-over, no one can remove the Chip without damaging the skull.

Child Abductors would be forever thwarted. The child would be trackable everywhere. Build the chip correctly, and nothing short of opening the skull would defeat the signal from the Chip.

Principals at Public Schools would be capable of taking Morning Attendance in an instant. Once the child reaches the Age of Consent, their signal would be radiolink-programmed to no longer transmit their whereabouts. If that individual gets into trouble after the Age of Consent, then the Chip would be irrevocably turned-on again for the rest of their life.

Any child-advocacy group or individual child-advocate who opposes mandatory implantation of ID Chips into the skulls of infants would be placed under investigation. No one is permitted to undermine the absolute safety of children. Technology has now made the wish of every Child Advocate come true. Live with it.

Best of All: Everyone will have such a chip within their skull within the next 20 years. Many ridiculous plans only want to ID criminals. By making children absolutely and unconditionally traceable at all times, all Child Abductors will be unconditionally thwarted forever more. Anyone opposing this measure should be held suspect as a Child Raper and processed summarily.

[Ms Jean]

Unreal

I just read this and I say this is the most disgusting and unreal thing I have read in a long time. Let me say for the record CHILD advocates do NOT HAVE to LIKE or agree with this. And we can still be responsible advocates. I absolutly do not agree with tagging children like dogs and cats for NO reason what so ever. The reasoning is bogus and a sham. I have not even tagged my own dog...
The best thing parents can do to keep children from abduction is pay attention. We absolutly do not need the government doing our job for us.
Mr Berry you surely must be jesting....

[liaq954044]

Mandarory Implantation into Infant Craniums

In a perfect world absolute saftey for every child, would be a givin. Absolute saftey for every human should be unquestionable. But its not a perfect world. and just like every other attempt made to stop criminals someone some way would find a way around it.For myself if anything were ever (God forbid)to happen to my daughter i would want every possible resorce at my disposel. Truthfully, the person responsible for hurting her in anyway would dead. I would Kill them. He/She would never even make it to trial. Do I thinkj implanting something in everyone head is the "Answer" HELL NO. Who is going to make sure the chips do Only that. Who is to say a criminal/government/scientist could not use the chip to control evry human being. There is only one "God" and we need to quit acting like we can control what really happens

[XWIZGUYX]

STICK IT TO YOUR OWN CHILD

HOW FUNNY, THIS IS JUST PART OF NEW WORLD ORDER. INSTEAD OF HANGING THE BASTARDS THAT MOLEST CHILDREN SO THE NEXT MOLESTER DOES NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT, THEY WANT TO PUT CHIPS IN THE HEADS OF PEOPLE AND IF YOU OPPOSE, THEY WILL INVESTIGATE YOU. GET A LIFE. THIS IS STILL AMERICA NOT RUSSIA OR NORTH KOREA. AMERICAN PEOPLE IS SICK AND TIRED OF THIS KIND OF EXCUSES TO GIVE UP MORE FREEDOMS. I (AND ALL MY AMERICAN CITIZEN SISTERS AND BROTHERS) WILL INSTALL SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT CHIP SO FAR UP THE @$$ OF THOSE THAT WILL TRY THE CHIP THEORY, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE THEIR NECK. THIS IS THE PROMISE OF AMERICANS FOR YOU.

[neo luddite]

not in my child

uh...are you serious?

jeeezuz.

[steveadore]

This is a very good idea!!!!! It will really, really cut the numbers of the World Population as these Implantable RFID Microchips cause cancer from the Byo-Bond on them that makes them fuse to your flesh!!!! I bet 50 or 60% of those babies would die of brain cancer before they reach 20!!!! You are a genius!! And I'm pretty certain you deserve the Nobel prize for solving all of the world's problems!!!! Satan loves you!!!!

[konstructikon1]

i think its funny how upset people are getting about this. just as upset when fingerprints were taken of every chuld in school in case of a kidnapping. btw how do fingerprints help in a kidnapping case? people also got this upset when private companies started asking for our social security number which our parents were told long ago to never give out and only the government was allowed to ask for it. go ahead get upset say all you want, you are not in control you never were. spend $5 dollars on a gallon of gas in your big car eating mac do and shopping at wallys for stuff you don't need. we didn't just outsource all our jobs we outsourced our souls... long ago.

[ianjohn05]

Your children not mine.

Our work during 9/11 ? 9/21 was all done in vein. It hit us all hard, it hit those of us in NY harder, and it really hit those at the site the hardest.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-594683847743189197
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3719259008768610598
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912

please watch in the order listed. Also check out Idiocracy, and the Philadelphia Experiment II. Tattoos with Bar codes, RFID Chips, all the same thing. What do you think a Social Security number is? Pass this to anyone you feel could use some education. Knowledge is power. Send this to as many people as you can. The only question??????..

What can we do about it?

Ian

[ParanoidNot]

RFID in your wallet Aluminum is not enough

Everybody knows that you have to block the RFID signals from the ID's, Credit Cards and Passports we all carry from time to time.

But

I am sick of hearing that RFID signals are blocked by Aluminum foil. They are not stop believing it. My father in law is a radio engineer and he has to block radio signals all of the time. The best material is Pure Copper which complies with the US government Tempest regulations.

For more information on RFID (spy chips) go to
Http://WWW.SpyChips.com

for a RFID Blocking wallet
HTTP://WWW.DSBSecurity.com

[flamerr22]

HI THERE JUST GO ON YOUTUBE.COM AND PUT IN THE BOX THE MARK OF THE BEAST RFID AND THEN WHEN YOUR DONE .PUT IN THE BOX THE FUTURE OF FRID OR THE IMPLANT CHIP YOU ALL WILL SEE

[fmhuff]

RFID Zap

Hi, Several months ago I bought a pair of shoes at a major department store. It set off the exit reader when I was leaving but they just flagged me on through. They didn't disable the RFID properly that was imbedded in the shoes. It would set of detectors at this and other stores and was very annoying. Being well-versed in electronics I tried putting each shoe in the microwave for 30 seconds. Microwaves quickly generate enough voltage and current to make steel wool glow and burn. I limited the time to 30 seconds so that it would not damage the shoes. I doubt it really took more than a few seconds to blow the silicon chip. My point is that RFID technology makes them highly susceptible to this treatment. It might be worth an experiment or two for somebody with a reader. If it took only a few seconds (to not overheat the chip) it would be worth our privacy to blow the chips in each item you intend to wear or keep on your person. ;-)

[Bacons]

Top Hat

Wow!!

RFID Tag Zapp

slap and zap the top hat
The map flap cap got tagzapped

[Hellcat54]

chips in babies skulls

The person who wrote this is dead wrong, especially the ending of his post. This is supposed to be a free society. If parents want their children implanted, they maybe should have that choice. But those who do not want to be watched and spyed on, for any amount of "convenience", so called "safety", should NEVER be required to do so. People who like the Big Brother scenario, should be the ones to move to another country...perhaps Russia? The polls will show what the majority thinks of these neo notions. Elaine

[Hellcat54]

chips in babies skulls

The person who wrote this is dead wrong, especially the ending of his post. This is supposed to be a free society. If parents want their children implanted, they maybe should have that choice. But those who do not want to be watched and spyed on, for any amount of "convenience", so called "safety", should NEVER be required to do so. People who like the Big Brother scenario, should be the ones to move to another country...perhaps Russia? The polls will show what the majority thinks of these neo notions. Elaine

[oldgrapeape]

RFID CHIP, REAL ID ACT, CASHLESS SYSTEM

The RFID CHIP is for sure reality, and will play a major part of keep tract, enslaving, and destroying people before long.

The REAL ID ACT (National ID Card) was past by dim-wits we voted into Office, it is now Law, and has to be in-place and working by May 2008 in every State.

If you listened real close to President Bush's speech awhile back, the day after his National Address to the Nation (world). He spoke of an ID Card for Spanish people coming across our Borders to work. But he said those Cards can be counterfeited, and all a person would have to do is show one of those Cards to an employer, and they would not know the difference. In other words, the "Real ID Card as a Drivers License" (even with a RFID Chip), WILL NOT WORK by itself..

Therefore it is clear, some thing else will have to be done. That leaving only TWO other irons in the fire.
(1) A person will either have to have a Electronic Tattoo or CHIP IMPLANT under the skin.
(2) An ID Card in ones wallet will not work, so there will have to be a visible Tag or Badge worn.
(3) NONE of this will work without going CASH-LESS. Paper and Coin Money will have no value at all. Burn it, makes no difference.

Mark it down: Within the next two (2) years, we will wake-up one money to find we are CASH-LESS. We will have to report to some place set-up, and receive a MARK or CHIP IMPLANT. Other wise we can not buy, sell, or trade. Nothing can or will work without going CASH-LESS.

Mr. Greenspan said back in 2002 on C-SPAN. That the United States needed to go into War with Iraq. That should make the weakening US Dollar strong. Mr. Greenspan also said. All Nations would have to go to ZERO BALANCE DEBT (that being CASH-LESS), and start all over with no debt. That would give the United States many more products to sell than other countries would have, and the US would do well. Its a long time worked on plan, but most, if not all, of the sick, weak, poor, and elderly will have to die, as with those who will not buy into their New Order World plan, which will become a One Order World.

If it doesnt sound like a big deal to you, wait until you go to buy gas, go to a Doctor, buy food or medication. Pay your property tax, buy a car tag, pay your electric and water bills, Try and receive your retirement and social security check etc., you have already been told by the Government that it WILL NOT happen. Then we will fast, within 30 to 45 days, move into the Seek And Destroy mode for all those trouble makers who do not have and will not take the World ID.

Amazing how the Bird Flue has killed around one hundred (100) people around the World, out of its population of over six billion (6,000,000,000,000) people. Yet they have just told us that the Bird Flue will hit the United States this coming Fall of 2006.

It was first said around one to one a half (1 to 1 ½ ) million people here in the US would die. Then some place I heard three to five (3 to 5) million people would die. That would really lower the costs of taking care of the Sick and Needy, the Elderly, and build-up money for Social Security and Benefits for the Wealthys future.

We have been told that two thirds (2/3) of Africa would either have Aids or be dead from Aids by 2010. We have been told that one half (½) of the Worlds population would have some kind of Cancer by 2010. We have been told they are taking oil out of the ground five (5) times fast than ever before with the new ways of drilling and recovery. Therefore there WILL NOT be any more oil we can reach and recover by 2010. Of course the list goes on and on about what we have been told. The truth is, some thing has to be done, there has to be a New Order World. A World with healthy slaves to a system for the unsatisfiable wealthy. It is all a game in their little mines, but in their foolishness of playing chess with human beings. They are not only selling their own souls and well being. But they are fulfilling just what God said they would do in these last days.

Now if you think that because you live in America, and it will never happen here, because America is special and blessed. You had better wake-up to both reality and Gods Word. God is not only no respecter of persons, He is no respecter of Nations. God uses whoever and whatever He wants to fulfill His purpose, not ours. God ORDERS, God ORDAINS, and God ALLOWS and things to happen or take place to fulfill His purpose, He is God of ALL. He creates, and He destroys, He heals, and He kills. Those who Preach and Teach different, are Preaching a new god, not the God of the Bible and a never changing God and His Word. Study the Scriptures yourself, let no man or woman deceive you.

If you are a Saint, Christian FOLLOWER of Christ, and you believe you are going to skip right out of here in the Rapture before these things take place, sorry, your wrong. You have been listening to maybe self-gain money Preachers and Teachers leading you to believe that this generation (you and yours) are more Holier than Jesus, the Disciples in Gods Word, and all the millions who have had to be tried, tested, and die for the witness of Christ and Gods Word. The Tribulation Period HAS STARTED, you are in the beginning of it. Things ARE NOT going to get better, but far worse very fast. Get ready, really ready to withstand what is coming, by the power of God. Dont get caught sleeping or listening to scriptures taken out of context for making money and earthly family Kingdom Building. Get BUSY yourselves, YOU spread the Word, YOU get people ready, You lead people to Jesus, not to their Checkbook or your Bank Account.

There will be a Rapture, but it may will come around forty five (45) days into the second half of the Tribulation Period. Jesus gave us a KEY VERSE in Matthew 24:15. We dont know yet who the Anti-Christ is (may be Hitler who comes back-up out of the Pit?). But we have a good idea who the False Prophet is or will be. Revelation 13:11 tell us he will be a Christ-like man, yet he speaks as a dragon (evil). He will be im-powered by the Anti-Christ, and he will be the Chief and Commander over the Worlds Military (great fire-power) and Law Enforcement, like Home Land Security is now growing so fast and given almost all power and authority over people and Law Enforcement.

There is a lot more to it all. But the point here is to be ready. It is upon us, we can not back down or up. We can not set by and let other worry and tote our load any longer. We must do our part.
God Bless
Jimmie Lee King
Gassaway, Tn

[jambrell]

Chips in babies skulls?

I agree, in a sense, that if an AWARE adult wants a chip in their brain, by all means. But we are talking about babies who are not aware of that choice. What happens when they hit 13 and are being tracked everywhere? When they turn 18? 21? Babies would have no choice, as they have no way of comprehending a chip in their brain. This certainly a false sense of security--on any level. Implanting a chip into a new-born baby, parents or not, is simply cruel and inhumane.

[Layla55]

RFID Technology

Having been a parent whose child was abducted and brutally raped, I have an entirely different perspective about this technology regarding children and criminals than perhaps most would. And while I believe that most everyone should have the right to choose, had my child been implanted with such a device we might could have saved him before such horrible things had happened to him, and had the sex offender been implanted, the authorities might have known he was hanging outside the school yard waiting for an innocent child.

Unfortunately, the flip side is that while this technology can be used for so many positive things, someone or some government will find a way to exploit it, and there in lies the problem.

[jedimasterlego]

had the child-rapist had the equipment and technology to track RFID chips down (which isn't expensive at all nor hard to get either), he could have tracked down your child anywhere and raped him anyway :-(


(i speak from experience, since i unfortunately am a child-abuse victim (the abusers being my own freaking biological parents, believe it or not :-( ). and unfortunately, the abuse is still ongoing, and neither the police, the FBI, the State police, the principals and guidance-counselors and nurses at my schools, nor anyone, has been able to do anything about it :-( )

[jedimasterlego]

had the child-rapist had the equipment and technology to track RFID chips down (which isn't expensive at all nor hard to get either), he could have tracked down your child anywhere and raped him anyway :-(


(i speak from experience, since i unfortunately am a child-abuse victim (the abusers being my own freaking biological parents, believe it or not :-( ). and unfortunately, the abuse is still ongoing, and neither the police, the FBI, the State police, the principals and guidance-counselors and nurses at my schools, nor anyone, has been able to do anything about it :-( )



anyone that has an RFID chip on him, whether integrated into his organism somehow (like implanted under the skin) or on his clothes that he's currently wearing, can be tracked. and worse, tracked WITHOUT THEM KNOWING THAT THEY'RE BEING TRACKED O_O . and worse than that, if the RFID chip carries anything personal about you (such as your name, your physical address, your mailing address, your home phone-number, your cellphone number, your e-mail address, the name of your school, your parents' names, etc), the person that has the equipment to read and track the RFID chip [and is tracking you with it] is also getting all of that info out of the RFID chip, putting you EVEN MORE in danger!, :-( O_O

[4n1k3n]

I want to Buy A Chip

Hey its Jacques can you please email me a price list of what the chips would cost and their sizes and i wana speak to you just email me

Thanks
Jacques van Heerden

[ArchitectUn]

Some truth but totally exagerated

Dear Mr McCullagh,

I appreciated your article on RFID and I find interesting to see the point of view of an amateur on the topic. I believe this document will generate a lot of paranoia from the public.
However, as a chief engineer working for a leading company in RFID, I would like to revise your views on the matter to avoid confusion and fear from the public.
First of all RFID is something that is not new but was created in the 60s. It is based on radio frequency as you mentioned. The idea is just to communicate between 2 parties exactly like your radio, nothing exceptional so far. There are two types of RFID, active and passive. Active means it is battery powered, like a cellphone. Passive means there is no battery and is powered by the field generated by a reader (a type of emitter).
The technology has two main problems. Sensitivity to environment (metal especially) and distance. Distance is not really an issue with active tags but because they have a battery, the are usually big and expensive. However, they are much more powerful than passive tags... remember your cellphone doesnt work in lifts. No matter how sophisticated it is now and in the future, RFID will never bypass presence of metal. Put metal on your radio's antenna, you'll obviously disturb the sound. The type of RFID you are mentioning are passive, much less powerful (hundreds times less or more). Passive tags are divided usually in 3 categories: Low Frequency, High Frequency, Ultra High Frequency (LF,HF,UHF). the best LF and HF are limited to 1m range and they need to be bulky (5-10cm or more) with big antennas. UHF is limited to a few meters. In all cases, they are very sensitive to metal or environment. Put your hand on or in front of a UHF tag, it won't work! And Small embedded tags - for laundry for instance about 1-2cm - have usually a maximum read range of 20-30cm! In the future, technology will be better? for the next 10y, we won't improve anything except the read rate (read rate nowadays are far from being 100%) and cost. Maybe in 50y? Well, RFID might become what you are describing once robots can rule the world. Not anytime soon. So do let's not try to start another witch hunt. Please feel free to contact me whenever you want. I will be delighted to meet you to change your point of view though demonstrations.

David. L

[MilperraMassacre]

reply to David. L, chief engineer Radio Frequency Identification Tags;

Your comment ended with,
"Please feel free to contact me whenever you want. I will be delighted to meet you to change your point of view though demonstrations."
I would like to offer a demonstration to you in contradiction.
From the available information I can gather I had a radio frequency tag implanted some years ago I've been trying to have removed.
I want to enlighten you on the reality of the true capacity of technology and SIMPLY because it isn't mainstream knowledge doesn't mean that high tech surveillance is futuristic, and yes metal poses a problem to me, it causes electrical feedback every where I am, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but it's the vibrations and the associated continual pulse buzz that causes the degradation of soft tissue that is of most concern.
But that the Australian government has actively prevented the broader community from knowing the full effects of this type of technology - that is a concern that should be shared by all citizens.
Regards from; www.australiasux.com

[MilperraMassacre]

Some truth about Australia & RF Technology?

Reply to; David. L - Some truth but totally exaggerated - this comment ended with,
"Please feel free to contact me whenever you want. I will be delighted to meet you to change your point of view though demonstrations."
I would like to offer a demonstration to you in contradiction.
From the available information I can gather I had a radio frequency tag implanted some years ago I've been trying to have removed.
I want to enlighten you on the reality of the true capacity of technology and SIMPLY because it isn't mainstream knowledge doesn't mean that high tech surveillance is futuristic, and yes metal poses a problem to me, it causes electrical feedback every where I am, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but it's the vibrations and the associated continual pulse buzz that causes the degradation of soft tissue that is of most concern.
But that the Australian government has actively prevented the broader community from knowing the full effects of this type of technology - that is a concern that should be shared by all citizens.
Regards <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.australiasux.com" target="_newWindow">http://www.australiasux.com</a>

[MilperraMassacre]

Some truth about Australia & RF Technology?

Reply to; David. L - Some truth but totally exaggerated - this comment ended with,
"Please feel free to contact me whenever you want. I will be delighted to meet you to change your point of view though demonstrations."
I would like to offer a demonstration to you in contradiction.
From the available information I can gather I had a radio frequency or similar tag implanted some years ago that I've been trying to have removed.
I want to enlighten you on the reality of the true capacity of technology and SIMPLY because it isn't mainstream knowledge doesn't mean that high tech surveillance is futuristic, and yes metal poses a problem to me, it causes electrical feedback every where I am, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, but it's the vibrations and the associated continual pulse buzz that causes the degradation of soft tissue that is of most concern.
But that the Australian government has actively prevented the broader community from knowing the full effects of this type of technology - that is a concern that should be shared by all citizens.
Regards <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.australiasux.com" target="_newWindow">http://www.australiasux.com</a>

[matrix_m]

Dear David,

Thanks for your comment. Are you aware that there exist RFID chip that can be consumed with food and can be connected with brain cell to read human thoughts? The text here discusses this a bit - http://debatebothsides.com/archive/index.php/t-56622.html

An excerpt from the article goes below -

"Every thought, reaction, hearing, and visual observation causes a certain neurological potential, spikes, and patterns in the brain and its electromagnetic fields, which can now be decoded into thoughts, pictures, and voices. Electromagnetic stimulation can therefore change a person's brainwaves and affect muscular activity, causing painful muscular cramps experienced as torture."

Do you know about any such RFID chip? What compnay makes those? What's the cost?

Thanks.

[jessekiya]

Mark of the Beast/RFID

Please help! I am trying to find peer reviewed journals on RFID that is relative to the mark of the beast. I am a grad. student doing research on "What technology has in store for the future classroom." I am trying to gain three perspectives on RFID: 1.Government, 2.Schools, and 3.Religion/Christian. It is very difficult to actually find legit research on this topic...especially from a religious standpoint. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!!

[james075]

chapter 13 revelations

13:16 He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads;

13:17 and that no one would be able to buy or to sell, unless he has that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name.

[heikin]

RE: mark of the beast...

This is indeed an interesting and frustrating issue. For
Christians, identifying the "mark of the beast" has been a long
one and until recently perhaps futile. Only with the advance of
computer technology is there a possibility of making a
speculation. Which is probably going to be a frustration for you
as RFID journals regarding mark of the Beast may not exist. We
can speculate as to the nature of the mark due to its function.
The Bible narrative states that without the Mark people will not
be able to buy or sell. It makes some reference to its location
being on the head or right hand. Implants would certainly
discourage theft of the chip. But what remains to be seen is the
extent of outrage and resistance by Christians because the
Narrative goes on to say that those who accept the Mark will not
be able to be Saved thereby loosing all possibility of a Heavenly
afterlife. Some have speculated that True Christians will resist
and not accept the Mark forcing themselves into refugee camps,
others state they will initiate a revolutionary war as our founders
did. Either way should the RFID chip hinder the ability to work,
to earn money, to spend or buy; we will see America as we know
it disappear forever, as revolutionary or civil war, or passive
refugee protesters by the tens of millions would be expected.

[Chrissy Gee]

I am interested in RFID prices

Please send me a price list if possible or some useful links to obtain prices for readers and TAGs with asset security in mind.

[drewsilver]

RFID Prices

I was reading about these 'little buggers' and my first question was
the same as yours. Have you heard anything about their price? I
may be able to help. Let me know. I can b e reached at
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