  | Who Has the Power Balance Dictates the Threat in Each RFID Application, New Report Says; Consumer Knowledge is the Key to Limit the Danger
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  | New battery-assisted passive tag includes built-in temperature sensor, data encryption | 
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  | The SCDigest editorial staff reports that for years there has been concern by some fringe groups that bar codes were Big Brother in disguise.  Information Week reports that a privacy group is pressing the California legislature to limit use of RFID tags to supply chain and inventory applications, and to de-activate all tags at Point of Sale.  | 
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