We knew they'd start chipping people some day...

[Betty]

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.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Betty

....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....

The only way they could do that is to line the roads with readers. Ain't going to happen.

I have no fear of RFID chips. The technology simple doesn't allow the kind of tracking that people seem to fear. I don't even have a problem with having them implanted - as long as it is voluntary. Regardless of how innocuous the technology, I would oppose mandatory implanting.

My work ID has a RFID chip implanted in it. It makes opening the security doors so much easier than the old system; Id cards with magnetic strips that you had to swipe multiple times before the door would unlock. We all love it.