Want to hear something scary? Of course you do. This story starts with a young Australian man by the name of Dan Himbrechts. The municipality that Himbrechts lived in suddenly decided to change the trash cans that were in use by neighborhood residents. Himbrechts thought it odd because the trashcans in question were all in reasonably good condition and not in any need of replacement; he went out to investigate and found an RFID chip concealed in the handle of the trashcan.

Some 90,000 residents of the City of Ryde have similarly chipped trashcans, a big brother nightmare of monstrous proportions. Some 90,000 residents will have their garbage practices monitored. According to a spokesperson for the City of Ryde, the devices were installed in order to keep track of the areas that were not recycling enough. The government would be able to then target the areas in question with educational campaigns. It sounds innocent enough, but why didn’t they tell residents about the installation, instead of concealing the RFID chip without their knowledge. One thing is for sure, if I lived in a neighborhood where this was going on, I would be ensuring that my RFID chip went out with the next load of trash.

Source: The Age

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