RFID will tell you what you need to know in Kobe, Japan

So the city of Kobe in Japan has a new plan where beginning in 2006 they're going to start embedding RFID tags all over the place, like in streets, utility poles, and signs, so that when you walk around the city you can point your phone (which will of course have an RFID tag reader by then) at something and instantly be able to pull up more information about that location. So how long until some unscrupulous person hacks the system and decides to RFID-spam an entire city center?

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[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:05AM]

now anyone and everyone with access to that DB, (everythign is DB'd nowadays) will be able to tell where you are. Because of course in the beginning, everyone is going to think ofhow cute and cool this tech is. Soon, like in the Nextel phones - the government in the US is going to make it law that all mobile electronics have RFId tags. Of course, it will be conencted (and shrouded) by some "way cool" tech that everyone of the dolts will want anyway, like information about the spot you are currently in. We are all generally screwed.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:05AM]

I had a Pen friend namely Kimiko Katayama in Kobe, Japan during 1960-65.
She was the Private Secretary of Mr. Fukuyaku, the than Chairman of Fuji Kogyo Kaisha.
I have lost her where abouts and looking to contact her after so many years.
This would be very nice of yours if you could kindly advise me the ways as to how to locate her address or telephone Numbrer.
Kind regards, look to hearing you.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:05AM]

I shall be grateful if you could please find me the present whereabouts of my lost friend Kimiko Katayama who was the Private Secretary to Mr. Fukuyaku of Fuji Kogyo Co. Ltd, 134, 3-Chome
Shinzaike Minamimachi, Nada-ku, KOBE, JAPAN during 1961 untill 1965 onward,
I have lost her address after 1965 and have since been looking for the lost address.
Thanks for anticipated assistance.
Sincerely,
A.K.M. Ruhul Amin Khandaker.
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