Who remembers the Intel processor ID debacle of ~10 years ago? http://www.schneier.com/essay-187.html http://www.schneier.com/essay-187.html There were simila

Who remembers the Intel processor ID debacle of ~10 years ago? http://www.schneier.com/essay-187.html http://www.schneier.com/essay-187.html There were similar privacy concerns when it was found that Microsoft were able to generate unique identifying fingerprints of PC's, which they used for license tracking. This just proves that the debate then was moot since MAC addresses would become universal unique identifiers. Now everything from phones, routers, computers and laptops all have unique IDs. To make the situation worse and unlike the Intel debate, the growth of WiFi means that these unique ID's are actually being broadcast for anybody to pick up and read. RFID will only make this situation worse. There was so much of a fuss about the Intel ID's back in 99 that I can only think that people care less about their privacy today.