On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Adam Shostack wrote: > On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 01:22:44PM -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: > > | You're not thinking this through. As the item goes through the door (in > | either direction) the check is made "Is this individual tag on this store's > | 'unsold inventory' list?. If so, raise the alarm. The tags are not fungible; > | they each have a unique number. When you purchase an item, it's tag > | number is transfered from the 'unsold inventory' list to the 'Mike Rosing' > | list, or, if no link to a name can be found, 'John Doe #2345'. > | > | As you walk up to the counter, the tag in your jockey shorts is read, > | and you are greeted by name, even if you've never been in that store > | before. > > People will find this spooky, and it will stop, but how much you've > spent over the last year will still be whispered into the sales > clerk's ear bug, along with advice "the woman in the green jacket 12 > feet from you spends an average of $1,000 per visit, go fawn on her. > And remind her that the jacket is nearly a year old. Very last > season."
"Day of the RIFDs" I can also see an even nastier probable RISKS article. You buy an item. The system is either down or crashes soon after the item is purchaced. (Or better yet, gets wiped out after a restore from an old backup tape.) It never makes it to the "master database". You are now marked as a "probable shoplifter". Now prove that you are not.
