Department of Homeland Security looking to develop super-RFID tags?

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is looking for technology that can read government-issued documents from up to 25 feet away, pinpoint pedestrians on street corners, and glean the identity of people whizzing by in cars at 55 miles per hour, according to a new book outlining threats to privacy.

Privacy advocates Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre report that DHS hopes to use "Radio Frequency IDentification" (RFID), a controversial technology that uses tiny microchips to track items from a distance.

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