Put your kid in the cart.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Denny Esterline"
  To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public."
  Subject: Re: [OT] I wonder what company would let such a
  productoutthedoor. Naw, it couldn't be ...
  Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 22:45:31 -0500


  > > > Depends. Would I pay 1 cent per item to shove my cart through a
  scanner
  > > > instead of unloading it, having a cashier scan it and put it
  back in my
  > > > car? MOST DEFINITELY, without question, without hesitation.
  > > > > > > I've heard the rhetoric on this idea, but I can't
  > imagine it actualy ever being implemented. Think about how hard
  > it would be to steal something - damage the RFID tag, throw it in
  > the cart, walk out. WAY to easy.
  >
  > Stealing right now IS easy. Sure, eliminating an RFID tag would be
  > "easy", but how is it easier then putting on a shirt under your
  jacket
  > and walking out now? I don't really see the difference.

  The difference is in the apparentness (is that a word?) of the
  crime. Right now if you put a shirt under your jacket and walk out,
  that is a clearly abnormal activity, anybody witnessing it will
  know what is being done. With these futuristic checkouts, the
  normal function (as it's been described to me) is to push a whole
  cart full of stuff through without hesitation. If some/many/most of
  the RFID tags are 'defective'* how will anybody know? I don't
  believe scales are a practical solution at this level, there's too
  many variables on whole cart weight.



  -Denny



  *'Defective' could mean a lot of things, certainly some type of EM
  zap could kill them, but so could dropping it on the floor and
  stepping on it with a hard shoe.

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