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  <title>Comments for RFID Confuses The US Government</title>
  <subtitle>Shoppers bite back.</subtitle>
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    <published>2006-11-03T23:50:42Z</published>
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    <title>RFID Confuses The US Government</title>
    <summary>--&gt;</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Meg Marco</name>
      
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<p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/rfid_study_disavowed/">Despite a report by Homeland security,</a> the US is going ahead with plans to put RFID tags in everything from passports to drivers licenses. </p>

<blockquote>"The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee of the DHS concludes that RFID chips are useful in inventory management but aren't suitable for human identification, where privacy issues remain a concern."

<p>"RFID appears to offer little benefit when compared to the consequences it brings for privacy and data integrity. Instead, it increases risks to personal privacy and security, with no commensurate benefit for performance or national security," the report states."</blockquote></p>

<p>Well, that seems pretty fucking clear. Will the government listen to itself? Who the hell knows. Maybe they should have put the report into an RFID, where more people are likely to read it. <br />
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2006://1.212132-comment:605794</id>
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    <title>Comment from SexCpotatoes on 2006-11-07</title>
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        <name>SexCpotatoes</name>
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So that's why that hot pocket you gave me tasted funny!</p>
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    <published>2006-11-08T04:46:13Z</published>
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    <id>tag:64.14.177.195,2006://1.212132-comment:597555</id>
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    <title>Comment from SpamFighterLoy on 2006-11-06</title>
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        <name>SpamFighterLoy</name>
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I love my microwave :)</p>
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    <published>2006-11-06T08:38:55Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from tspack on 2006-11-05</title>
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I had heard that a few seconds in a microwave oven will, um, disable a chip.  True?</p>
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    <published>2006-11-05T08:17:46Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from Law-Vol on 2006-11-04</title>
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Remarkably, the tinfoil-hat crowd might just be spot on this time.  Go figure.</p>
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    <published>2006-11-04T20:16:22Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from acceptablerisk on 2006-11-04</title>
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This is a bad idea. For once, I agree with the DHS. RFID in its current state is just not secure enough for this kind of thing.</p>
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    <published>2006-11-04T11:50:58Z</published>
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