This is at best a short sighted response. It may well become true; just as well as the articles assertions will become true; or worse!

The internet was once a "what do we do with this" techno-wonder with limited application. I've been around the internet (or its' forebears) since I installed the first digital encrypted telephone at a US Army facility in Korea in 1968. We all thought AUTOSEVOCOM (Automatic Secure Voice Communications Network) was interesting, but how could anyone expect to 1) raise speeds, 2) keep track of all the packets on one set of wires. We all -knew- the teletype machines and associated equipment and dedicated circuits were the only way to increase speed and still keep message integrity and provide top secret cryptographic security. How could you do that on an open circuit with thousands, nay, billions of packets of varying origin intermixed? Well, I submit, history has shown us how!

The book is still being written about rfid. With history as a lesson, the unintended consequences are still unknown. Nevertheless, the technology is already riddled with possibilities for 'mischief'; at levels that are appalling.

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