Tag: Identity theft
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AP Story Finally Pulls Together Threats of RFID in Passports
Image via Wikipedia Since officials decided to put RFID chips in jewelry for girls and dog-tags for boys in middle school in Celebration, Florida, I’ve been writing about the efficiencies these “radio frequency identification devices” bring to commercial and organizational transactions, while threatening privacy and the security of our personal information. In California, mothers rallied […]
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Biometric cards and implants with RFID (arphid) chips raising objections from religious
Bruce Sterling commented on this article in Wired recently. Will the invasion of our personal spaces, whether we are thinking “privacy rights” or “mark of the beast” be a uniting factor between libertarians, constitutional rights advocates, and Christian evangelicals? The RFID (arphid) is just a radio frequency technical gadget, right? Or is it more? My […]
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My recent post for e-media tidbits
Image via Wikipedia Read my story here. This is not funny. It is alarming. Follow my story about privacy, especially the alarming forced use of RFID devices in government issued identity documents. The picture shows one common RFID device, but look at your credit cards and you might find you are carrying, or is it […]
Barbara K Iverson 