Katherine Albrecht is founder and director of Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering (CASPIN). She also co-authored the book "Spychips" with Liz McIntyre. The book hit store shelves in October, and already is in its fourth printing.

I spoke with Katherine about her doctorial work in education at Harvard University, which she plans to complete early in 2006, and her views on consumer privacy and radio frequency identification technology. We talked about RFID in business and government.

Click on this podcast link to download and listen to part one of a two-part series.