Book Companion:

Jeanette Woodward

RFID Technology

Report of Cancer Hurts Maker of Chip Implants
By BARNABY J. FEDER, New York Times, September 11, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/technology/11micro.html
Shares of Applied Digital Solutions and of its publicly traded subsidiary VeriChip, which makes an implanted microchip for identifying people, fell sharply yesterday as investors reacted to a report this weekend linking the tiny radio device to cancer. . .

Dual-purpose RFID label rekindles privacy fears:
Item-level tagging 'a threat' to consumers, campaigners warn
By Marc L. Songini, Computerworld, May 2, 2007
http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/mobile-wireless/apps-rfid/news/index.cfm?newsid=2842
Privacy campaigners have warned that new radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled labels designed for use by retailers could permit the surreptitious tracking of customers who carry away RFID chips with their purchases. . .