Why Wal-Mart? Could not these devices be embedded in products sold by Target, K-Mart or Fleet Farm? BTW, I believe a Wal-Mart is scheduled to open within the city limits of St. Paul in the Midway area.
Bill Dooley Kenny -----Original Message----- From: kevin reich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 3:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] Walmart in Mpls? When Walmart was referenced in recent posts, was that just a random example or is there an actual proposal to put in a Walmart somewhere in the City? If the latter is the case, I ran across an interesting article that I include below. YOU'RE BEING WATCHED According to a recent Chicago Sun Times investigative feature, Wal-Mart and Procter and Gamble (P&G) have been found to be concealing high tech tracking devices in their consumer products and hiding cameras in store displays. The tracking devices, known as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), can be as small as a grain of sand, and, so far, they have been detected in P&Gs Lipfinity products at Wal-Mart, as well as in Gillette razors and Benetton clothes. The electromagnetic tracking devices can be read through clothes and walls. P&G admits this was just a trial-run of tracking devices it would ultimately like to use in all products---serving as "the barcode of the future," and "strictly for marketing research." Katherine Albrecht, the Director of Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering, said, "This trial is perfect illustration of how easy it is to set up a secret RFID infrastructure and use it to spy on people." In addition to the "spy chips", hidden cameras were also discovered in store displays, allowing P&G to watch shoppers from hundreds of miles away. Wal-Mart does not deny having prior knowledge of the hidden cameras and tracking devices, given the fact that their employees set up those very same displays. http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/rfid111303.cfm __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
