Reports that the military has started outfitting firearms with RFID tags for tracking have raised security alarms. The concern: What if the enemy uses the tags to track soldiers on the battlefield?

May 19, 2003 – RFID may never replace bar codes, but it could well spell the end of toe tags — identifiers put on casualties during war. The US Navy’s Fleet Hospital 3 based in Pensacola, Florida, ...

PARIS — The war with Iraq has created the first opportunity for the U.S. military to use RFID technology on a massive scale for tracking combat casualties. The RFID chip embedded in wristbands is ...

Indonesia’s special forces unit has introduced an identity and electronic payment card enabling soldiers to shop at a store near an army base in Jakarta. The army provides soldiers with salary ...