(26.01.2008) Here‘s a vision of the not-so-distant future:

_Microchips with antennas will be embedded in virtually everything you buy, wear, drive and read, allowing retailers and law enforcement to track consumer items _ and, by extension, consumers _ wherever they go, from a distance.

_A seamless, global network of electronic „sniffers“ will scan radio tags in myriad public settings, identifying people and their tastes instantly so that customized ads, „live spam,“ may be beamed at them.