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You may have a tracking device already, and not even be aware........

http://www.nocards.org/AutoID/overview.shtml


Consumer marketing applications will decimate privacy
"Radio frequency is another technology that supermarkets are already using in 
a number of places throughout the store. We now envision a day where 
consumers will walk into a store, select products whose packages are embedded 
with small radio frequency UPC codes, and exit the store without ever going 
through a checkout line or signing their name on a dotted line." 28 - Jacki 
Snyder,Manager of Electronic Payments for Supervalu (Supermarkets), Inc., and 
Chair, Food Marketing Institute Electronic Payments Committee
   
 
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"Analysts envision a time when the system will be used to identify and track 
every item produced on the planet. 5"