California senate votes to block mandatory RFID in employees - Engadget
California senate votes to block mandatory RFID in employees - Engadget
There seems to be a bandwagon effect centered around RFID-as-destroyer-of-liberty.
Whatever the right and wrongs of this, and opportunistic politicians aside, it's something manufacturers and retailers need to be careful about.
Surveillance is certainly a hot-button topic, and "cool" and "convenient" can easily be trumped by "creepy" and "invasive".
More anti-RFID sentiment here:
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Tags: RFID, technophobia