[wordup] RFID Tagzapper Invented

[Adam Shand]

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Via: John W <jcw at shmoo...>
From: From: 
http://rfidtimes.blogspot.com/2005/03/rfid-tagzapper-invented.html

RFID Tagzapper Invented

West End Laboratories has developed an RFID tagzapper. This device is 
designed to kill the RFID chip which would prevent RFID readers from 
scanning and submitting data. Critics of RFID have noted that 
individual privacy will disappear with the introduction of wide scale 
radio frequency identification. According to News Page Designer:

> because information stored on Radio Frequency Identification tags can 
> be read by anyone, they may pose privacy threats to customers when 
> deployed in retail environments, and have already triggered a wave of 
> consumer outcry. “In a naive, RFID-enabled world without technical 
> forethought, there is risk that sensitive information could be visible 
> in secret to anyone with an RFID reader

More: http://www.tagzapper.com/

The TagZapper™ is being developed to be a light weight, handheld, 
device for deactivating RFID transmitting devices. This is intended to 
fulfill consumer demand for a means to protect their privacy.

Proposed scenario:

* A consumer purchases a six-pack of beer at a convenience store.
* After exiting the store the consumer uses her TagZapper™ to disable 
the RFID tags.
* At this point the consumer is able to transport and consume her 
purchase without being monitored by any commercial or government 
agency.

Detailed information about the TagZapper product to be released at a 
future date.