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Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, which are tiny microchips, act as transponders. Generally, you see RFID tags attached to retail products to help limit theft. However, RFID tags are also used in inventory management in warehouses, for implanted pet IDs, in passports, library books, and in electronic payment devices such as “smart” credit cards and EZPasses. Retail stores generally deactivate the RFID tag when you purchase an item, but in the other cases, the tag continues to send its location to nearby radio transceivers. Many of these tags can transmit over a 10- to 40-foot distance with limited security protections. Their small size allows someone to place RFID tags surreptitiously. These characteristics allow covert, and possibly illicit monitoring for surveillance or theft. For example, retail RFID tags could track a person’s movements through the store and, potentially, beyond.

For this Discussion, you will take a stance on RFID tags.

To Prepare for This Discussion

Review the resources included in the Explore section

Pick one application of RFID tagging that may affect the public.

Post the following to the discussion board:

Identify one or two benefits of a company’s ability to track physical location and movement in this application.

Identify one or two risks involved in this application and strategies that can reduce those risks.

Discuss the major ethical and legal issues of such an application.

Remember that, even in the Discussion forum, you must write in a scholarly voice, use paraphrasing to convey your ideas, and put quotation marks around content that is copied word-for-word from a source. You must also provide in-text citations and a reference list for all of the sources you use.