The AMA (American Medical Association) says that human RFID tags could pose serious security risks. This comes from the same folks who made observations such as “smoking is dangerous to your health” and “don’t eat lead paint chips” so we should probably pay attention to this one too:

Via Ars Technica:
RFID tags operate over short distances to provide a scanner with basic
information about whatever item they’re attached to. This is being used
commercially to both identify pricing details at retail and to allow
users to simply wave credit cards in front of appropriately-configured
readers in order to pay for them. But RFID has also moved into the
realm of providing personal information; the US is making RFID-enabled passports, and the FDA approved human RFID implants back in 2004. Given the medical and privacy issues associated with human RFID tagging, the American Medical Association called for an evaluation (.doc) of their implications; the resulting report is now available (.doc).

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