RFID: Privacy Invasion

RFIDs are little devices placed into merchandise to prevent shoplifters. These devices give off a radio frequency that tells the detectors what the product is and if it has been purchased. These items alert the store security of any problems. Katherine Albrecht, founder and director of (CASPIAN) Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion And Numbering, says, “The

RFIDs could concern ably obliterate the general public’s privacy. Katherine says, “Supermarket cards and retail surveillance devices are merely the opening volley of the marketers' war against consumers” (RFID 1). The RFIDs are not being deactivated at the check out aisle. Mrs. Albrecht says, “ We have tested out these RFIDs equipped them with cameras and the case is that they are not being turned off at the checkout aisle” (CNN video). Say your walking down the street and a detector picks up the RFIDs in your clothes. The data could be kept in a database and theoretically list everything you own and where you live and who you are. The monster in Frankenstein became bad after rejection and loneliness took over his emotions. “ Blasted as thou wert, my agony was still superior to thine; for the bitter sting of remorse will not cease to rankle in my wounds until death shall close them for ever” (Shelley 215).

re are three fundamental ways these chips differ from barcodes; the first is they have a unique number instead of the same for the same products. The second is they all use radio devices, and the third is they are all recorded into a database” (CNN video). These items are like barcodes, except they have a unique id number for each and every product. Wal-Mart is requiring their top 100 suppliers to provide each product with RFID chips by 2005. Albrecht says, “ Wal-Mart, Procter

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