Robin Good comments write about the RFID tags in Geneva and makes some interesting observations. He notes:
"While most participants didn't even pay attention to this detail, a few of them were there to actually uncover detailed information about this illegal practice which has been banned through several international laws and treaties.
"The badges were handed out to more than 50 prime ministers, presidents and other high-level officials from 174 countries, including the United States. Researchers questioned summit officials about the use of the chips and how long information would be stored but were not given answers.
"It is a dramatic irony of sorts that the WSIS Summit was focused on Internet governance and access, security, intellectual-property rights and privacy.
"What they were able to uncover reveals the lack of cultural understanding of the issues at stake on this front and the rapidly raising threats that this may pose to us in the near future."