e-Wallets and the End of Privacy

It will soon be easier than ever to track your whereabouts through your cell phone, according to David Lazarus in a recent consumer column in the Los Angeles Times. RFID technology, which is largely unregulated, will soon be incorporated into cell phones in order to turn them into e-wallets. The technology will allow consumers to buy things with wave of their phone. Down side is that those cell phone users will be digitally tagged, which could open the door to invasion of privacy.

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