San Diego Union-Tribune piece on RFID

Security chips in cards carry risks, critics say:

“RFID has a million good uses. Tracking cattle, tracking soup is fine,” Simitian said. “When you want to track California citizens, that's where it goes wrong.”

...Simitian calls his goals for tighter security “common sense.”

“Why do we have locks on our doors? Because we have something of value inside,” he said.