The Progressive Policy Institute is very active on technology issues, providing a thoughtful point of view from what I guess would be ‘center-left.’ They take a bit of a “get over it” point of view on privacy, which is worrisome at times, but entirely welcome in the RFID debate. Here is PPI’s new piece on RFID, aiming to calm the hypesteria about RFID and privacy.
It’s SO odd when ‘consumer groups’ rail against technologies that will lower prices and improve the quality of goods for consumers. Thank you PPI for tamping down on that nonsense.
Just in case you missed it, here’s my piece on the social influences that will steer RFID to the benefit of consumers and a long, deeply engaging letter to the editor I sent to Information Week.
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