By George Anderson
A report on the CNET News.com Web site says Gillette is only interested in testing radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to improve supply chain operations.
The company has no interest in using tags to track and photograph consumers as alleged by consumer privacy groups.
Gillette is currently testing the use of RFID tags for its Mach 3 razors in a Tesco store in Cambridge, England.
Earlier this year, Wal-Mart decided to pull the plug on a similar test with Gillette here in the US.
Moderator's Comment: Is there anything manufacturers and retailers testing RFID can do to silence the conspiracy theorists calling for boycotts?
As well intentioned as many of the critics may be, the call for boycotts of companies using RFID is ludicrous.
Unfortunately, there are those consumers and members of the media who are listening to groups such as Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering.
Who can blame them? Spying on consumers as part of a great espionage conspiracy between manufacturers and suppliers is a heck of a better story than tracking pallets through the supply chain. [George Anderson - Moderator]