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RFID In Cars Update: Texas Senate Approves Bill

Again, living here in Austin, I'm constantly watching for Texas-related tech news. And this one is alarming. From techdirt.com:

Bob Dole writes "Apparently, after news of the plan to mandate RFID chips in all Texas cars hit the net, the state representative who introduced the bill was so swamped with complaints that he decided to drop the RFID provision. Ah, we can relax now, right? Wrong. On Tuesday, the state Senate actually passed the bill that creates an auto insurance verification database unanimously. The Senate version leaves the details of how to enforce it up to the state police and transportation department, as long as the program is 'cost-effective.' I'm sure it's just a coincidence that the House sponsor has one of the biggest RFID chip makers, Texas Instruments, located right next to his district. "

posted by Fergie @ 4/27/2005 04:09:00 PM