Check your clothes
March 9, 2007 · Posted in Tech
If you buy any new clothes especially jeans from Old Navy, be sure to inspect the inside of your pants before wearing them. Apparently stores are inserting the RFID devices right inside the normal looking tags down past the pockets.
I only found out about this after walking into two department stores and setting off their security systems on both my way in and out of them. The one manager asked me if I just bought new clothes, which I said yes.. And they told me that these tags where probably still attached, which the photo shows was.
This has been an issue for I believe almost 2 years now. If I’m correct Banana Republic was one of the first stores to begin using RFID tags in shirts and pants to keep track of sales (So they say.) I think this is fucking retarded. I understand they want to track things but this is going a little too far.
Another note to the RFID chips. It has just been announced that new RFID chips have been created the size of glitter. Now with this said who is to say they will not start putting RFID flakes on everything.
RFID does have its advantages but with the security flaws it had/has I’m not 100% I would want it tracking my Passport or other vital information that could be RFID Sniped and copied.
I mean shit they even have RFID Staples so that you can find paperwork easier.
I say cut all tags off of clothing and if possible find clothes that don’t have tags at all.
Big Brother is watching you. I’m going to keep my eyes on /. for the first wearable RFID Jamming Device. Fuck that. I don’t want to be tracked, thanks…
I am sure they will be out soon if not already, since Thinkgeek has this Blocking Wallet and an experimental RFID Kit