>We're willingly giving it to a vast network of for-profit data collectors, and they're more than happy to pass it on to the government without our knowledge or

>We're willingly giving it to a vast network of for-profit data collectors, and they're more than happy to pass it on to the government without our knowledge or consent. This reads like a typical "doom and gloom" article and I never understood the point of those. Where is the call to action? Even a half-hearted plea to reach out to your Senators would appear to be more productive than this. Never read me wrong - I'm just trying to see the forest for the trees. My understanding is that people who care about privacy already know all this, and people to whom we really need to reach out neither read The Atlantic nor Shneiner's blog. P.S. Does anyone have any credible links for RFID-embedded clothing? Specifically, why destroying these chips would be a problem?