RFID Badges

"When an industry collectively advocates the use of radio frequency ID chips - for plenty of good reasons, we may point out - it had better start leading by example. Following Nokia's example last month, CA this week is fitting attendees at a big annual conference with badges that feature RFID. The idea is that delegates will be matched to certain places or maybe even people if they are in close proximity to them. Now, record all that data, throw it into a database - an Ingres database? - add some clever analytics and you could end up with interesting findings. The idea most certainly isn't that those with the badges scupper the whole thing, for reasons of privacy (does that even exist in such an environment?) or simply to be difficult. We expect more of the same and wait to see whether it means anything more than a more convenient version of the old bar-coded badges." Source: silicon.com