What is worse about RFID than about mobile phones?
RFID can normally only be read out over a relatively short distance of about one or two metres. That means one cannot have long distance tracking, as with mobile phones, but a very detailed collection of data within somewhat limited space. Also, for tracking beyond the capacities of an individual reading device it is enough to place scanners in strategically opportune places, like house entrances and/or exits or shop shelves, in order to collect all the data necessary for exact locating of the targeted subject or object. Please remember that scanners will by and by installed at bus stops, construction sites on the roads, parking lots, train stations, auditoriums of universities, etc. Oh, and: You can turn your cell phone off or cancel your contract. You can’t do that with RFIDs. ^ to top What about radiation? RFID technology uses radio waves, i.e. radiation. When this technology is introduced on a broad scale, the amount of radiation you will be subjected to will increase. According to
