Could we RFID illegal aliens?

[Fear_Itself]

@Steve MB

Besides all the other objections already raised, there’s the little fact that it won’t work. RFID tags are short (as in a few centimeters) ranged devices – “sweep of an agricultural area”, indeed.

Actually, some scanners can read passive RFID tags at ranges up to 9 meters, but your point is well taken; hardly useful for detecting trans-border migration with any efficiency.

[mswas]

@Steve MB

Besides all the other objections already raised, there’s the little fact that it won’t work. RFID tags are short (as in a few centimeters) ranged devices – “sweep of an agricultural area”, indeed.

I was thinking that, but I wasn’t sure if there was some monster RFID tech that I hadn’t heard of, so I didn’t want to speak up.