Originally Posted by vegcrow

I don't think it's necessary. No level of technology will ever stop crime. The criminals just evolve with the technology. IMHO, this has more potential for abuse (considering the Orwellian direction the U.S. gov't is taking) than for doing any good. If I had an RFID chip in my bike, and it gets stolen, what good will that do? Is the buyer of a stolen bike going to go get it scanned? Seems like a feel-good measure to me. Don't get me wrong, I am a gadget/tech junkie to the core, but not when it involves potential future threats to privacy.

The only way I can see this being useful is if there are city-wide scanners checking for RFIDs flagged as "stolen", but if that's the case, then the non-stolen ones (and their owners) are potentially getting tracked as well. That creeps me out.