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Tuesday, May 31, 2005 in Library

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Contactless technology is at the center of an ongoing battle reminiscent of a children’s tug-of-war game. On one side, great strides are made as technology improves, standards take hold, and major projects launch. From the other direction, however, organized efforts from groups citing privacy concerns yank at the rope, slowing the forward progress. Read on to find stories from both ends of this tug-of-war.

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