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by GrumpyYoungMan 1592 days ago
There are inexpensive RFID tags with anti-counterfeiting features meant for retail goods, since that's become an increasing problem. They're primarily intended for retailer use since ordinary people don't have a RFID reader but since RFID readers are getting cheaper all the time, there is talk about consumers being able to authenticate their goods as well sometime in the future.