High-tech devices monitor product from manufacturer's headquarters

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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35629
LIFE WITH BIG BROTHER
Wal-Mart used microchip to track customers
High-tech devices monitor product from manufacturer's headquarters

Posted: November 15, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

Wal-Mart customers who picked up lipstick off the shelf at a Broken-Arrow, Okla., store were part of a little-mentioned experiment earlier this year that tracked consumer habits using Radio Frequency Identification technology, or RFID.

Proctor & Gamble teamed with the retail giant in the test over a four month-period which allowed researchers to view the Wal-Mart shelves from company headquarters some 750 miles away in Cincinnati, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

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hmm. DOD? to keep costs down? i'm all for it if it keeps the cost of defense down. however, if it watches us person by person, keeps track of our purchases by name, it makes my stomach ache.


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