Perhaps you’ve heard the protests proclaiming RFID as the devil’s own technology.

The solution, said Center For Digital Government’s Richard Varn: arm yourself with the arguments to thwart misinformed constituents and legislators who don’t know squat about RFID.

“There’s tons of misinformation out there, it’s a technical issue and privacy advocates state unequivocally that anything that can be imagined or patented can and will be done,’ the RFID consultant told attendees at the Smart Card Alliance’s fifth annual “Smart Cards in Government” conference last week.

The industry’s lagging response, unfortunately, has only made matters worse.

Today, “There’s a lot of apprehension about RFID among the use of legislature, with more than one-dozen states introducing legislation over the past few years that either criminalizes or prohibits RFID data in some capacity.“

One conference session, which brought together technology advocates from the AeA and other pro-RFID organizations, solely focused on anti-RFID legislation, encouraging companies to take a stand.

Among Mr. Varn’s suggestions: Identify the gaps in proposed laws, and promote legislation that bans undesired behaviors, and not the technology.