"Selling the technology with partial truths is unethical," says CASPIANWal-Mart has crossed the CASPIAN line in the sand and has begun placing LIVE
RFID TAGS on individual consumer goods.
Early this month, they began stocking the shelves of seven Dallas-Ft.Worth area stores with Hewlett Packard
products with live spychips affixed. Wal-Mart has no plans to deactivate the tags at the register and instead tells customers they can deal with the tags themselves.
Wal-Mart executive vice president and chief information officer Linda
Dillman said:
"...down the road there are so many possibilities to improve the shopping experience that we hope customers will actually share our enthusiasm about EPCs," Dillman said, referring to the RFID-based Electronic Product Code industry hopes will replace the barcode. "As we look forward five, 10 years, we see the possibility of offering expedited returns, quicker warranty processing and other ways to minimize waiting in lines."
products with live spychips affixed. Wal-Mart has no plans to deactivate the tags at the register and instead tells customers they can deal with the tags themselves.
Wal-Mart executive vice president and chief information officer Linda
Dillman said:
"...down the road there are so many possibilities to improve the shopping experience that we hope customers will actually share our enthusiasm about EPCs," Dillman said, referring to the RFID-based Electronic Product Code industry hopes will replace the barcode. "As we look forward five, 10 years, we see the possibility of offering expedited returns, quicker warranty processing and other ways to minimize waiting in lines."
Of course, each of these applications requires leaving the tags "live" on products after sale, where they can be used to invade consumers'
privacy. (To see how, please refer to information on our website at
http://www.spychips.com .)
It's time to roll up our sleeves and give Wal-Mart a lesson in "consumer
acceptance"!
In freedom,
Katherine Albrecht,
Founder and Director, CASPIAN
Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering
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privacy. (To see how, please refer to information on our website at
http://www.spychips.com .)
It's time to roll up our sleeves and give Wal-Mart a lesson in "consumer
acceptance"!
In freedom,
Katherine Albrecht,
Founder and Director, CASPIAN
Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering
Please continue for CASPIAN's Press Release, plus more information on Wal-Mart and other ruling corporations ...