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RFID, or Radio Frequency Identification, is the newest technology in the war against shoplifters. These small but ingenious devices are among the few technologies of today that can crush people’s privacy. These small chips will be put into every merchandise sold in this world at one point officials think. Like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the monster has a potential for good and a potential for bad. The bad for RFIDs is that this product could potentially pulverize the general public’s privacy. These RFIDs work as little bar codes except each one has a specific number and no two are alike. They carry information like the magnetic strip on a credit card. This information could be transmitted into a database on a network of some kind. As you leave the store, a computer could also identify where you live, what is in your house, and could identify every person. RFIDs are little devices placed into merchandise to prevent shoplifters. These devices give off a radio frequency that tells the detectors what the product is and if it has been purchased. These items alert the store security of any problems. Katherine Albrecht, founder and director of (CASPIAN) Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion And Numbering, says, “The