Security is inherently good, but at the cost of some privacy.
The chip ID plan is expected to make e-commerce more secure, but has privacy advocates worried that anonymity on the Internet might be at risk. According to High, Intel has ensured that companies that intend to track a chip's ID number will have to notify a user that they are doing so. In addition, the PC chip giant will provide a software patch that will turn off the function and restore anonymous browsing to the user. Still, concerns remain. It does have potential problems.