Source: The Earthinc
Hafiz writes, “Both CCTV and RFID technologies are beneficial for many ways. In private commercial spaces, both are used to make processes safer or more efficient or both. CCTV could be installed in places where no human could operate safely. On the other end, both infrige privacy.” and that “While CCTV could be a threat to privacy, RFID could be many times more hostile.”

We like how Hafiz compares CCTV with RFID and implies that at a projected timeline the common acceptance of RFID might be as common as CCTV is today. As Hafiz wrote, “Just like CCTV, the utilization of RFID in public realm is questionable from civil liberty point of view.” and then continues to raise the question about tracking, security, and a view towards the future, “Malaysian passport for instance uses RFID. In fact, it is the first RFID-passport in the world. The RFID chip within the passport contains sensitive personal information and that information could scanned and read from afar. Despite that, many advocates of RFID insists that information within the chip is secured. Nevertheless, there are reports that point to the contrary. As time progresses, it is all to possible to track everybody with RFID. At the hand of an illiberal bureaucrats that respect no right, RFID could be the tool to suppress civil liberties. This used to belong in the realm of science fiction. Soon, it will be science.”