01-17-2013, 05:46 AM
Black wrote:
[quote=cbelt3]
Down... RFID's are not the 'global surveillance system'. Require antennae to track 'em... usually have to be reasonably close (like a few feet). It's always funny when actual science gets in the way of conspiracy theories.
Where did he say anything about needing to read them from any sort of distance?
Exactly. I know many places that use them for such things - I do.
Depending on the type of tag technology that you use, you can get distances up to 30ft from a reader - have readers (like wireless access points) distributed throughout a venue, then you have a great tool to monitor resource numbers and locations.
Many people use RFIDs everyday and don't even realize it.