Chipping away at individual freedom
San Diego Union-Tribune
by Richard Louv
02/14/06
These rulings revealed that the Department of Justice has 'routinely been securing court orders for real-time cell phone tracking without probable cause and without any law authorizing the surveillance,' according to the Electronic Frontier, a privacy-advocacy organization. But why stop at cell phones? Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, is coming. On Jan. 1, Wal-Mart required its top suppliers to start using RFID-equipped labels on pallets and cases; the labels transmit short-range radio information about the merchandise. ... Meanwhile, RFID chips are getting smaller, thinner and easier to produce; new organic semiconductors use polymers, plastics that conduct electricity – and can more easily be transformed into thin, flexible labels. ... Imagine the possibilities...
http://tinyurl.com/dh8mj
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Richard Louv
02/14/06
These rulings revealed that the Department of Justice has 'routinely been securing court orders for real-time cell phone tracking without probable cause and without any law authorizing the surveillance,' according to the Electronic Frontier, a privacy-advocacy organization. But why stop at cell phones? Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, is coming. On Jan. 1, Wal-Mart required its top suppliers to start using RFID-equipped labels on pallets and cases; the labels transmit short-range radio information about the merchandise. ... Meanwhile, RFID chips are getting smaller, thinner and easier to produce; new organic semiconductors use polymers, plastics that conduct electricity – and can more easily be transformed into thin, flexible labels. ... Imagine the possibilities...
http://tinyurl.com/dh8mj
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 15. Feb, 16:58
