RFID Shot in the Arm
Referring to a Doctor Fun cartoon in which a man objects to an RFID implant until he learns that the implant is also a cellphone, digital camera, and an MP3 player, Bruce Schneier writes, “This is 100% right.”
I agree—in fact, the same argument could apply to the privacy implications of the new version of the Google Desktop. If you bundle enough goodies with a technology that threatens privacy, people will buy it anyway. Just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down…
