What Your Clothes Say About You
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In a move wireless industry analysts say will infringe on customers' privacy, clothing designer Benetton plans to weave radio frequency ID chips into its garments to track its clothes worldwide.
The chips will help the Italian clothing manufacturer cut costs by eliminating
the need for workers to take inventory by manually scanning individual items
of clothing. It will also protect the garments against theft, analysts say.
But analysts warn that the RFID chips could pose significant risks to customers' privacy because they would allow anyone with an RFID receiver to locate customers wearing Benetton clothes, including companies that want to sell them their products.
