PogoWasRight.org

Menu
  • About
  • Privacy
Menu

Tag with a price: Adidas RFID tracking could be used to spy on clothes’ owners

Posted on August 30, 2014 by pogowasright.org

RT reports:

Adidas has sewn RFID tags into national football team’s jerseys, raising concerns from human rights organizations, claiming that such clothes could be easily turned into tracking devices revealing a person’s location, Deutsche Welle reports.

The sportswear maker insists it is not going to track football fans using RFID tags, and has said customers can dispose of the tag if they don’t want to wear it, yet digital privacy experts point out that tags implanted in clothes hold great surveillance potential.

Read more on RT.

Category: BusinessSurveillance

Post navigation

← Department of Justice Review of FBI Use of National Security Letters 2007-2009
New Data-Mining ‘Opt-Out’ Form to Combat Common Core →

2 thoughts on “Tag with a price: Adidas RFID tracking could be used to spy on clothes’ owners”

  1. joe says:
    September 1, 2014 at 8:45 am

    Here’s the original article:

    Tagging along – is Adidas tracking soccer fans?

    1. Dissent says:
      September 1, 2014 at 10:06 am

      Thanks, Joe!

Comments are closed.

Now more than ever

Search

Contact Me

Email: info@pogowasright.org

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Categories

Recent Posts

  • The App Store Freedom Act Compromises User Privacy To Punish Big Tech
  • Florida bill requiring encryption backdoors for social media accounts has failed
  • Apple Siri Eavesdropping Payout Deadline Confirmed—How To Make A Claim
  • Privacy matters to Canadians – Privacy Commissioner of Canada marks Privacy Awareness Week with release of latest survey results
  • Missouri Clinic Must Give State AG Minor Trans Care Information
  • Georgia hospital defeats data-tracking lawsuit
  • No Postal Service Data Sharing to Deport Immigrants

RSS Recent Posts on DataBreaches.net

  • Masimo Manufacturing Facilities Hit by Cyberattack
  • Education giant Pearson hit by cyberattack exposing customer data
  • Star Health hacker claims sending bullets, threats to top executives: Reports
  • Nova Scotia Power hit by cyberattack, critical infrastructure targeted, no outages reported
  • Georgia hospital defeats data-tracking lawsuit
©2025 PogoWasRight.org. All rights reserved.
Menu
  • About
  • Privacy