Tag: Radio-frequency identification
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Imagine Embedding RFID Chips in Soldiers: Medicine or Surveillance?
An update from Katherine Albrecht who writes about threats and dangers from what she calls “spy chips” or RFID chips. This one has a basis in a government report from DARPA. The possible pro: doctors could use a chip that was embedded in soldier’s body to monitor vital signs and track illness, etc. The possible…
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Carbon nanotube RFID labels possibly toxic, just what environment needs now
Beyond The Beyond Just another WordPress weblog Arphid Watch: carbon nanotube RFID labels * By Bruce Sterling Email Author * March 27, 2010 | * 12:52 pm | * Categories: Arphid Watch *At last: cheap throwaway possibly toxic tracking labels that are both “arphids” and “buckyjunk” at the same time. http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/24852/?nlid=2850&a=f via Arphid Watch: carbon…
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Arphie the arphid, & a Look into the Future – New Media Research Studio
Would you have a chip implanted in your body to address a disability? Would you implant one for convenience? If one is not enough, how many are too many? Arphids are not neutral technology though it is easy to miss the point where having one on a credit card morphs into an implant…. We haven’t…
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Arphie the Arphid, a little comic – New Media Research Studio
Arphie the Arphid, a little comic – New Media Research Studio. http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js
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Excellent podcast on privacy risks of RFIDs
Image via Wikipedia Excellent podcast on privacy risks of RFIDs. From boingboing and Surveillance Nation. I love the image of “every dude walking around with a thirty foot cloud of data emanating from his pants is so tantalizing that it invites sinister conspiracies.” If you haven’t read about RFID tags, you might want to. Got…
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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…
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RFID Tags Not Good for your Security
Image via Wikipedia Katherine Albrecht, a privacy advocate, has written an article in September’s Scientific American, which is devoted to “Privacy,”detailing how the RFID chip in your clothes (or credit card, or passport) can be detrimental to your privacy. This is a theme currentbuzz has touched on for many years. From cute “dog-tags” and bracelets…
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