Califoria and RFIDs

California seems to be leading the way for protecting its citizens from RFID tracking in Government documents. Wired is reporting that a new bill that would limit,how government can use RFID's and limit the range that the readers can work. After it came up as an issue in a northern California school district, the state took up the issue.

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The bill that just left committee also would outlaw skimming -- which occurs when an unauthorized person with an electronic reading device surreptitiously reads the electronic information on an RFID chip without the knowledge of the person carrying or wearing the chip.

The bill does allow for a number of exceptions for the use of RFID, such as devices used for paying bridge and road tolls, ID badges used for inmates housed in prisons or mental health facilities, or ID bracelets and badges used for children under the age of four who are in the care of a government-operated medical facility.

The bill allows agencies to obtain additional exceptions to the ban if they can prove to the legislature that there is a compelling state interest. More...

Wired: State Bill to Limit RFID