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Of course I'm not afraid of bar codes. Don't be silly!

But the idea that you have something trackable in your tires isn't much the point as how far it can be read and how many readers are around. Just in the store for tracking isn't as big of a deal as readers all over the place or ones that can read from long distances. I don't want the manufacturer of my tires, or anyone he sells that service to, to know where I when my car drives to. Or how fast the tires are going. Or anything else big brotherly like that.

It's not being paranoid. I just don't want to be the stupid frog.