Re: ScientificAmerican.com: How RFID Tags Could Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dave CROCKER <dhc2 () dcrocker net>
Date: August 25, 2008 6:26:59 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>, Steve Lamont <spl () ncmir ucsd edu>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:   ScientificAmerican.com: How RFID Tags Could Be  
Used to Track Unsuspecting People
Reply-To: dcrocker () bbiw net



David Farber wrote:
> > How RFID Tags Could Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People
> >
> > By Katherine Albrecht
> While I agree with much of what Albrecht has to say, it's worth
> knowing where she's apparently coming from:


Or perhaps it isn't.

As much as it might be titillating to focus on theatrical aspects of a  
critic, that focus serves only to distract from the factual discussion.

If the critic raises valid concerns, it does not matter what they do  
in the privacy of their home, their religion, or their head.  What  
matters is whether their concern is valid.

Would it be "worth knowing" that she's a member of the NRA, a member  
of the Sierra Club, does beading, drives a hybrid, drives an SUV or  
prefers pants rather than skirts?  Does it alter the pragmatic aspects  
of the concerns she is raising?

Then why is it "worth knowing" that she deems some things the work of  
the devil, other than as theater?

d/

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 Dave Crocker
 Brandenburg InternetWorking
 bbiw.net




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