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Perhaps not, but credit card companies are required to tell you if your card has an RFID chip. None of mine do.
I do not have RFID in any of my clothing, and I buy lots of clothes. Please post your source for this. Companies cannot just implant RFID chips in anything they want. Not only that, how do they code it for a specific person if you are using cash to pay for the clothes? As soon as the right wing Congress is dumped, this technology will stay right where it belongs...under control of the American consumer.
There will never be an RFID chip secretly introduced into my home because Im just too thorough with my technology (and the places where I buy my goods). I notice they specifically mention Walmart and Tesco which I do not shop at. Also, I pay cash for most everything I buy and I do not use any of those stupid cards for frequent purchases. So, if any of these chips have made it into my home, they are not coded to me. RFID is going to easily be foisted on the masses because the masses just are not sharp enough to protect themselves.
It is easy when you take the time and look for stuff like this:
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-blockkill-RFID-chips/
You can buy pre-assembled RFID readers/killers for less than $50.00.
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11828
The advertising companies are going to try everything they can to stay in business, but eventually they will lose the fight. The scenario like seen in Minority Report with people walking into stores and then advertising kiosks greeting them by name and hawking some goods is just not going to come to pass. Privacy laws will be enacted to prevent it, and Americans will continue to rebel against the practice and keep it off the shelves. Advertisers and government intrusion is losing ground, not gaining it.
Check the tires on your car , manufacturers and shippers use the rfid to track and log so they do not have to scan each item individuality, they can in bulk. I think this is what yong is talking about.
If someone is bent on tracking you, do you think paying in cash will stop them?