On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> I can imagine some ways to deal with this. Have certain blocks of RFID
> address space assigned to specific companies, who publish what products
> they'll be used for. They won't specify what *individuals* will get what
> tags, just that it's a $2,500 Prada handbag -- which still raises the
> crime concern.

Which is a good reason for them to turn it off at the counter.  People
that can afford those things can complain loudly.

> Or you could use a multi-tier system like our current DNS setup. The
> root RFID address-space servers will point queries to rfid.example.com...

Job security anyone :-)  pun intended!

Patience, persistence, truth,
Dr. mike

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