Tracking Technology Pervading Consumer Goods
In a U.S. News and World Report cover story, the magazine details the rise of tracking devices in consumer goods. GPS chips, capable of tracking individuals' whereabouts, are being installed in cell phones and cars. And retailers are experimenting with RFID tags to monitor merchandise. While this new location technology promises an array of benefits - emergency services that respond better, real-time driving directions to avoid traffic jams, and better-stocked store shelves offering cheaper goods - left unchecked, such technologies "will allow corporations or the government to constantly monitor what individual Americans do every day," warns the American Civil Liberties Union in a recent report.
They Know Where You Are
U.S. News and World Report, September 8, 2003
