In a column for Slate, Evan Selinger discusses the work of University of Colorado Law School Prof. Harry Surden on why certain transaction cost-reducing technologies are taking down traditional barriers to personal privacy. “Accordingly,” writes Selinger, “we need to reassess how we think about our privacy rights and what personal information should be included in that class.” RFID tags are one such example of how traditional privacy barriers can be removed, the report states, as they can reveal items thrown in the trash. Selinger explains, “Privacy advocates worry that if the tags are active when items get thrown away, ‘a criminal or marketer could scan your garbage’ to see what you purchased.”
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