Faiza
Moderator
Lots of reasons to oppose Chip-Mart
(er, Wal-Mart).
(er, Wal-Mart).
We found this RFID tag affixed to a Hewlett-Packard printer on a shelf in a Texas Wal-Mart store just last week. Selling spy chipped products violates the call for moratorium issued by CASPIAN and over 40 of the world's leading privacy and civil liberties organizations.
RFID poses serious risks to privacy and civil liberties. Wal-Mart is the 800-lb gorilla of the retail industry, and the key force driving the use of RFID today. By forcing its suppliers to invest in RFID for shipments, Wal-Mart has driven hundreds of millions of dollars of investment in the RFID infrastructure.