A late game for RFID advisories in 2012

Recapping RFID current events in 2012 

BTC - It has been a long year filled with ceaseless surveillance onslaughts driven by NATO, the security industrial complex and the US government.  RFID, a controversial radio frequency microchip known for its broadcast surveillance ability, had fallen unnoticed by major media in recent years.  2012 saw a resurgence of RFID in the public sphere of influence and corresponding opposition flowered later in the year.

NATO driving export industry of Unique ID products in governance

c/o Gopal Krishna at Moneylife [India] 

"It is noteworthy that the origins of the Unique Identification (UID) and Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) process within the US Department of Defense started under Michael Wynne, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) from 2003 till 2005 that started the UID and RFID industry. Within NATO, two documents deal so far with unique identification of items. The first one is standardization agreement which was ratified in 2010. The second one is a "How to "guide for NATO members willing to enter in the UID business. Is India a NATO member? It appears to be behaving like one."

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