Comments on: Frying Your Own RFID Tags

by: j and c farms

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:29:51 +0000

idont think the goverment should try to keep track of my animals i dont want tags in or on my animals im not paying for permits becouse its hard a noufe for a farmer to make a living with out having to bye permits for every animal they have well i geuse wat im saying is this is just about the stupidest stuf iv ever herd of oh yea watss up with the 666 the mark of the beast number on the chicken on the top of this page

[Aye, it is a stupid idea. Be sure to write your congressional and state level legislators to let them know what you think of NAIS. The 666 on the logo is a reference to the biblical mark of the beast. Whether that is real or myth, one would have thought that the government would have been smart enough to avoid playing into it. Or perhaps they did it all intentionally. Either way it is poor foresight on their part. -WJ]

by: Texas Goat Gal

Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:05:12 +0000

Does anyone know where we can obtain a thorough list of manufacturers/products that are currently using RFID. I have been all over Caspian and SpyChips webpages, and I can find bits and pieces, but not a list. Word searches are not helping, either. I would like to adjust my purchasing power to avoid rewarding any of these companies with our money. Thanks in advance.

by: Mr Dirty Nails

Tue, 04 Jul 2006 03:39:24 +0000

Hello All:)

The following link:

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…is the first chapter of a book called SpyChips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID. I can only imagine how chilling the remainder of the book must be.

respects, Wm

by: walterj

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:29:46 +0000

Aye, this very thought has worried me. Interesting to know that this was something you have spend time thinking about. I’m not against technology, I’m a chemical engineer, programmer and have done computer hardware too as well as mechanical engineering. But I don’t like systems that take us over leaving us with less choice or control in our own lives. There are a lot of good uses for RFID and like with atomic power, some nasty applications as well.

by: G. Martin

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:48:07 +0000

I’ve read stuff on RFID tags like this before, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that you touched on a provocative and controversial issue of what is commonly referred to as “dynamic pricing”- a form of a “dicriminatory” pricing tactic. In its most simple form, you see discriminatory pricing at department stores that offer “senior citizen” discounts. Its a legal way of tailoring the price of products to induce customer purchases by customers that would normally not be inclined to make such a purchase.

While in graduate business school I learned quite a bit about the issue and wrote one of my major works on the subject. In fact, Amazon.com was assailed for pricing DVDs through “dynamic pricing”, using its vast database of consumer click history and purchasing habits (ever notice how they suggest products to buy within your “store”?). I pondered then, as I do now, the effects that RFID tags may have on this sort of marketing and pricing. Currently, e-commerce sites use “clickstream” technology to learn consumer purchase habits (while RFID will enable bricks-and-mortar companies, e.g. WalMart, to do the same).

By the way, if you all want to experience first-hand how this works, just try to purchase airline tickets using expedia, travelocity, or some other travel site. Usually by the 3rd or 4th site, you will have just about been shown the lowest prices available (actually, the lowest price the site is willing to sell you a ticket).

While technology has indeed delivered many useful tools to the consumer public, one needs to stop and think at which point does the technology begin to deliver us to the
tools.

Many regards-
G. Martin, MBA

by: donna

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:14:11 +0000

Link

Gosh! Maybe all these government entities with high tech dreams will end up like tigers chasing one another’s tails. One can hope.

by: Sue F

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:48:34 +0000

I doubt it’s oversight. I know NH published informational hearings twice and when people showed up and complained they stopped publishing the dates and times.
It’s intentional. No doubt in my mind.

by: Donna

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:19:49 +0000

Thank you, Celeste.

You have to wonder why US farmers aren’t better informed by their reps and the USDA. Just an oversight, I guess. No pun intended.

by: Celeste

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:24:32 +0000

Donna, Chips aren’t needed. Google-remote sensing. link 5 pages long, but very informative.

by: Donna

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 04:00:04 +0000

link

These are already being used to monitor cropland out here on the lone prairie. Hard to play the game when most of the rules are undisclosed.