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Radio Frequency Identification: Little Devices Making Big Waves

Overview A major technical advancement, RFID tags are poised to stimulate growth; therefore it is important to embrace them rather than stall or halt them altogether. RFID tags, like barcodes in their own time, could provide quicker and myriad other uses outside the retail setting. As RFID tags move into goods, government and industry should cooperate to ensure consumer notification and look into the deactivation of RFID tags, but the government should not impede this very promising technological development.

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Publisher	Progressive Policy Institute	File Format	PDF
Date Published	October 2004	Downloads	6
Format	White Papers
Topics	RFID

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