RFID's - Book Tagging, etc.

[Kit Lane]

Just noticed this article,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1958000/1958424.stm

Interestingly, the BBC (who I normally feel are pretty good at balancing 
stories) appear to have totally neglected the civil liberties / similar 
implications of this technology (we are also assuming that you cannot 
spoof these codes and the myriad of other attacks that such systems are 
likely to be open to.)

I can also see there being serious issues with every library book 
keeping a record of every borrower ever (I already know some libraries 
keep some statistics - but they are generally kept simply for tracing 
damage to stock / some usage patterns or book-age figures)

Any thoughts?
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Kit Lane
IT Systems Administrator