Tag: security
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This is useful for sensors that cannot be deployed with a guaranteed orientation, such as those dropped from aircraft. NDSU Develops “Smart” Paper and Antennaless RFID Tags This is more about the RFID research at North Dakota. I don’t find this comforting, either.
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I also think that even with today’s technology, it would be difficult for a police officer to make some type of claim that the recording done by a typical hand-held device was somehow an improper “surreptitious” or secret recording when it is done in the manner recommended above. Poynter Online – Al’s Morning Meeting Poynter […]
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Poynter Online – Al’s Morning Meeting Poynter weighs in on the eavesdropping via video controversy laid out nicely in Gizmodo’s Are Cameras the New Guns?. Chicago’s Chris Drew, artist and activist is challenging Illinois’ current eavesdropping law. You can read about his ongoing fight for his and all of our rights, at his site c-drew.com/blog/ This issue is very important for journalists, citizen journalists and every citizen.
I also think that even with today’s technology, it would be difficult for a police officer to make some type of claim that the recording done by a typical hand-held device was somehow an improper “surreptitious” or secret recording when it is done in the manner recommended above.
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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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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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Where is your passport — ARPHID hacked from a passing car
YouTube – Cloning passport card RFIDs in bulk for under $250. Researcher doesn’t believe that ARPHID (RFID) for identifying people is not a safe or secure. We should re-do how we keep our identity as a country and globally now, before we are all walking around broadcasting our info. Many governments would love to be […]
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Update on the RFID (ARPHIDS) in our Passports
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeHere is Senator Dick Durbin’s response to my question about the security of the RFID in new passports. I don’t have one in my passport, so I can’t test this out, but will continue to check into the matter. October 22, 2008 Dear Ms. Iverson: Thank you for contacting me […]
Barbara K Iverson 