Tuesday, May 9, 2006 in News
“In its June issue, Consumer Reports rates laptops and PCs, considers the safety and comfort of bike helmets, and offers the top gas grills for $500 or less. It also provides its readers with a seven-page, in-depth look at RFID tags, which one day will likely be embedded in just about every product the magazine, which has 4 million subscribers, writes about. “The purpose of the report was to explain what the technology is and what kinds of concerns need to be addressed,” mainly that identity thieves could find a means of using RFID technology to aid in the unauthorized collection of personal information, says Andrea Rock, Consumer Reports senior editor and the author of the article.”
