Privacy International and the American Civil Liberties Union have written an open letter to the International Civil Aviation Organization ("ICAO") protesting the proposed use of biometrics...
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John Soat, Senior Executive Editor of InformationWeek, today shared this factoid assembled by the staff at InformationWeek: "If Wal-Mart were to put RFID tags on every item in every store and...
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Ever since Philips's and Nokia's announcements about personal RFID readers, a number of great posts have appeared on the blogs pointing out how those devices may signal a switch in the balance...
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It all started with a link someone sent me to the Ubicomp and Shopping weblog, which is in Japanese. Even though I cannot read Japanese, the weblog has some great links (in English) to RFID articles....
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Responding to pressure from consumer privacy advocates, Metro Group has decided to drop the use of RFID tags in loyalty cards at its showcase Extra Future Store in Rheinberg, Germany. Metro is the...
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RSA Security has demonstrated a prototype of a new privacy technology which will block RFID readers from accessing data on RFID tags. The new technology, called the RSA blocker Tag, jams radio...
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This morning we woke up, went out to pick up the morning newspapers, and found the garage door open. We knew we hadn't left the door open. We'd like to think one of the neighbors has a similar...
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InfoWorld points out this future scenario that could put a real crimp in your Las Vegas vacation plans: You're going on vacation in Las Vegas, and ... you buy a book on card counting. Unbeknownst...
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This article over at Future Brief describes both the positive and the negative attitudes toward radio frequency tracking technology by individuals. A small but vocal minority has raised concern over...
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