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title: RFID and GPS
date: "2005-02-17T12:00:00Z"
categories:
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wp_id: 743
description: I’ve gathered a list of the incredible and sometimes scary ways RFID and GPS are used to track everything from soda cans and tires to kids and employees, highlighting the pervasive reach of modern surveillance technology.
keywords: [rfid, gps, surveillance, privacy, tracking, location technology, asset tracking]
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It's incredible what RFID and GPS are being used to track:

- [cars](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/15/201217&tid=158&tid=219),
- [trucks](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/30/1623208&tid=158&tid=126),
- [drug bottles](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/15/1250231&tid=158&tid=103&tid=1),
- [passports](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/22/0229221&tid=158&tid=103&tid=1),
- [driver's licenses](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/08/1636231&tid=103&tid=158),
- [ID cards](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/08/1711239&tid=158&tid=17),
- [loyalty cards](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/12/166232&tid=158&tid=187&tid=17),
- [luggage](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/02/0559208&tid=193&tid=158),
- [rifles](http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/12/1745241&tid=158&tid=126&tid=14),
- [casino chips](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/09/1828225&tid=158&tid=98&tid=17),
- [shopping carts](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/30/1735225&tid=158&tid=126),
- [soda cans](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/30/189208&tid=126&tid=158),
- [newspapers](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/29/0253254&tid=158&tid=126),
- [razor blades](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/22/0327247&tid=158&tid=99),
- [clothing](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/12/0156247&tid=158),
- [books](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/05/2029251&tid=158&tid=192&tid=126&tid=17),
- [tyres](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/21/2332252&tid=158&tid=17), etc.

What's even more interesting (scary?) is when it's used to track

- [kids](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/16/0015213&tid=158),
- [students](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/10/1649202&tid=158),
- [teens](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/11/1622256&tid=158&tid=215&tid=17),
- [girlfriends](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/05/1730239&tid=158&tid=103),
- [employees](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/15/1159249&tid=158),
- [patients](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/13/2223249&tid=158&tid=126) and
- [criminals](http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/16/1827211&tid=123&tid=158).

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## Comments

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- **S Anand** _17 Feb 2005 12:00 pm_:
  I use a domain hosting service that uses hidden frames to point to my Geocities site. Know of any better (cheaper) ones?
- **TOPFRAME** _17 Feb 2005 12:00 pm_:
  why do you have to keep the URL at "http://www.s-anand.net" when I follow a link from your page? It's very irritating actually.

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