"With Radio-Frequency Identification a thief with a scanner could get an inventory of household items, then hit the best houses." All the better for our household, then, in fact they'll probably ignore the whole street.

The problem with accumulating wealth is worrying how to keep it all. I dont have a lot of things worth a lot of money, and I leave my front door open, and I live a contented life.

why is it always said that with this type of checkingout and paying for items there will be no 'lining up' or queue-ing? won't we all be lined up or queued waiting to checkout our items (selfservice yet again)? the line-up process will occur whether we have a checkout person to scan our items or we do it ourselves, surely ... jas

No Jocylynne, you just wheel your trolley through the exit.
You probably would have to have a card that recognises you and
knows your credit card number etc.

Good for you Sofisu. Affluenza is the root of most of todays social and economic problems. The grass is definatly not greener.

Im not rich and I dont want to be. Every rich person I have known was scared and fearful and hateful in case some poor person ripped them off. A lot of them were also mean and spiteful as to become rich they had to make others poor. Not a nice way to live.

Forget about tagging jeans and everyday items, it's people that should worry about being tagged.

This would be the true end of individual freedom.

Under the guise of "never being lost again" or being identified for innocuous medical purposes, you'll also have all your movements tracked plus those you may associate with. Walk by a crowd demonstrating against the government and you may end up in trouble.