"1) Range verses size. Very basic issue. The smaller it is....."

In the 40s there was a new device developed - it was said it can do computation very fast. It was big in size - 1500 sq. feet and it needed 18000 and .... And of course people could not afford it and it would be used *only* for business. 1976 Apple, 1981 IBM PC ... 1990s keyboard loggers (some of them advertise "to spy on your ..."). I think the direction is clear (and yes, it's a misuse of the original product)

You are from the UK so should be aware of the following. Watching a TV (teli) program about CCTV (close circuit TV) it was mentioned that in UK a person could be watched as he moves from one end of the town to the other. It didn't happen in 1984 just the end of the 90s.

I do not have a problem whatsoever that RFID is being used. It should be used for inventory and security (theft from stores) but once I pay for the item and get out of the store it is no-ones business how, what , where and why I use it. Can the size of the jeans be in the tag, and based on that size when you drive through McDonalds you are offered the 'larger' size (to satisfy what you have in those big jeans)

You said:
"And all this just to find out where you are.
Are you really that important?"

No, all this so something else can be peddled to the 'tag' owner. Well, you buy an aspirin and Tampax then you might as well see the add on the TV screen at the checkout for the lawn mower since the products you bought indicate that you are not going to have fun this weekend.

I do not want to withdraw money from bank A and then go to bank B to pay some bills and bank B try to convince me (because of the tags in money - if you read the article) that I should transfer my other business from bank A to bank B.
Enough scenarios?!?!?

I work in a manufacturing company and will look into RFID for inventory but will have to look at it from a different perspective then what you have.

I want to know ahead of time that there is something that can track me *after* we concluded business. So make it a requirement to disclose every item that has these 'tags' or give me the option to disable it when I'm at home. It's my life and it is MY business.

And yes, I do not sign the name because it is not important but I can be tracked to the computer by the IP address. But it's OK - I do not expect securityfocus to advertise security products to me ;-)

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