According to Tom Ridge, the former security of homeland security, RFID technology will be used with greater frequency as a means to provide increased security for this country's borders.
Ridge went on to say that despite the lingering controversy over how information gathered from RFID tags may be used by retail outlets and government agenices in monitoring user behavior, RFID can be effective in tracking containers and other goods being brought into the country through shipyards and other ports of entry.
Of course, Ridge intimated that controls must be put in place so that the technology will not be abused by those leveraging it and will protect an individual's privacy.
