Who Knew Walmart Cared So Much About What Goes on In Our Bathrooms?

Over in Vermont on weekends you can often find an antiques auction. Invariably an old commode cover will come up for bid and you can bet a paycheck on the likelihood the auctioneer will hold it up, open the lid and frame his face behind it. Then he will almost always say, "This would make a great frame for that picture of your mother-in-law." Everyone's heard it a million times, and everybody laughs again anyway. Bada-boom!

Well, you might want to print a copy of this story and frame it as well... or just file or flush it under "T." Sure, it talks about some legitimate news, but by including the privacy stuff -- highlighted below -- it perpetuates the peristalsis of paranoia among the intellectually constipated.

'Item level tracking is the nightmare scenario for privacy advocates already tossing and turning over the rise of RFID, with the most paranoid claiming Walmart and the like will be able to track your toiletries right to your home - and beyond.' says The Register.