Assignment 7

Big Brother seems to be closer to reality as we advance in technology. Point in case being RFID. RFID is radio frequency identification. What it basically does it help you track down lost pets or help you get through the freeway faster by u sing a FastTrak. Some potential benefits of RFID is that it would allow you to move faster through things that would normally take time. Such as the FastTrak example or even shopping where you can walk out the store and it would know automatically what to bill you for. There are however, privacy concerns. Concerns such as you would always be known where u are if u passed through one of the RFID scanners. If someone was able to hack into a server somewhere, they may be able to find out where you are. Also if someone had a RFID scanner, all they would have to do is stand outside your house and run the scanner. They would then know what you have in your house to steal and they may even be able to tell when you are in or out of the house. This is a huge concern to some people and i believe we need to work on this before we rush RFID into the mainstream population.