umm, stay tuned...
-Ben
> If they wanted to spend the money on vans packed with the
> longest range rfid's planned to be commonly used (UHF range)
> transmitters and receivers that are capable of transmitting and
> receiving the responses through all of the radio noise, then
> triangulating where the response is coming from, there isn't much we
> can do to keep them from invading our privacy anyway.
> The absolute maximum range on reading the response from a UHF tag is
> around 100 meters, more like 3 in real life. I don't think they will
> be using microwave rfid's anytime soon...
> http://members.surfbest.net/eaglesnest/rfidspct.htm
>
> For the super paranoid, building a RFID jamming device isn't that
> hard (Of course, the FCC might come knocking on your door :)), I read
> somewhere UHF RFID is somewhere around 925Mhz in the US. Even
> keeping a radio on the right channel 24/7 so you have advance
> warning when the super grocery spies are on the prowl so you can run
> into the airtight tin-foil lined room in the center of the house for
> just such occasions would suffice in keeping our preferred brand of
> razor secret.
>
> --
> jon
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Monday, January 12, 2004, 11:10:34 AM, you wrote:
> JJ> Wrong.
>
> JJ> They are built into the packaging. It is not the store that is
> going to add them to the package, but the manufacturing and packing
> process.
>
> JJ> What I want to know is how far will they be detectable from? Will
> a company be allowed to drive down the street and see who has a
> Gillette razor in their house?
>
> JJ> This is an invasion of privacy if there ever was one.
>
> JJ> Or should we, in this day and age, trust implicitly that
> corporations would never do anything against public interest?
>
> JJ> Right.
>
> JJ> Jerry Johnson
>
> >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/12/04 10:40AM >>>
> >>Besides, not every store on earth is going to use them, just
> JJ> go to one of them if you are concerned.
>
>
>
> JJ>
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