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To: ~digs who wrote (539)	1/16/2003 3:01:43 AM
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Major retailers to test "smart shelves" news.com.com Gillette, Wal-Mart and the U.K.-based supermarket chain Tesco plan to install specially designed shelves that can read radio frequency waves emitted by microchips embedded in millions of shavers and related products. The shelves can scan the contents of the shelves and, via computer, alert store employees when supplies are running low or when theft is detected... RFID tags--you're it? news.com.com four key questions about radio frequency tagging RFID tags: Big Brother in small packages news.com.com 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.

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