The latest innovation from Ford is the addition of RFID in their trucks so that you can keep track of your tools.  Tool Link is a system of wireless RFID tags you can attach to your tools.  A display on the dashboard lists your tools, allowing you to know immediately if your tools have been stolen.

On the outset, this appears to be a great use of RFID, however, upon further contemplation, it only makes it easier for a thief to steal your valuable tools.  A cheap RFID could detect exactly what is inside the tool box, removing the need to break into every tool box to find the good stuff.  Users can tag the items themselves, with numbers, but how many people will just tag it as hammer, drill, etc.?  You can’t underestimate the stupidity of people on this matter.  A thief could also assume, the more RFID tags, the more tools, the more money they can make from the theft.

I want to say this is a very cool thing, but I still remain a bit skeptical.