Scientific American special issue: will technology kill privacy?

... policy, insurance or self-presentation. It is useful to clarify those issues before focusing on privacy ... of the government’s surveillance powers. How RFID Tags Could Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People [more...]

Date: 2008-08-30 13:42:04

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Society's Secrecy Fetish

A hot topic of conversation at last week's CRN/IEET seminar on Global Catastrophic Risks was the whole issue of privacy, ... , you're already using RFID. Your Speedpass contains a microchip and a small antenna that allows ... . The title was Privacy and Accountability: "You need not be paranoid to fear RFID," says an op-ed piece [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 17:57:10

You've already used RFID

Image via WikipediaHave you ever walked out of a bookstore and walked between the unassuming shoulder-height bars at the door? ... (or security guard) will approach you to see what set it off.Guess what? That was an RFID tag printed ... higher for barcodes. What's keeping RFID from replacing barcodes is privacy issues and standardization [more...]

Date: 2008-04-13 00:59:00

Two Historic RFID Regulation Bills—Important to Our Privacy and Safety--Await Governor Schwarzenegger’s Decision

Zack-Kaldveer.gif By Zack Kaldveer Consumer Federation of California Tiny computer chips called Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) ... and other government issued cards without our knowledge. These “human identification systems” pose clear information security risks that can threaten individual privacy and public safety. RFID chips allow [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 12:06:05

Local Library uses RFID to Manage Materials, but Privacy Concerns Abound

Continuing the theme of privacy issues related to my new home library system ( ... Public Library is using RFID chips to help manage their collection. By including bibliographic data in the microchip, the library can automate circulation functions: books can simply be passed by an RFID [more...]

Date: 2008-07-20 19:46:34

Privacy Issues Highlighted in the September issue of Scientific American

Via Dan Solove: Daniel J.  Solove, Do Social Networks Bring the End of Privacy? ... Steven Ashley, Digital Surveillance: Tools of the Spy Trade Katherine Albrecht, How RFID Tags Could ... of Privacy May Mean Loss of Security Anna Lysyanskaya, Cryptography: How to Keep Your Secrets Safe [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 17:27:19

Privacy in an age of terabytes and terror

Scientific American magazine (SciAm) devotes the whole September issue to privacy in an age of rapidly developing technology ... surveillance: tools of the spy trade Night-vision cameras, biometric sensors and other gadgets already give snoops access to private spaces. Coming soon: palm-size “bug-bots”. How RFID tags could be used [more...]

Date: 2008-08-26 06:47:44

The End of Privacy?

I've written an article for the September issue of Scientific American magazine called The End of Privacy? ... : Tools of the Spy Trade Katherine Albrecht, How RFID Tags Could Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People ... in an Age of Terabytes and Terror Esther Dyson, How Loss of Privacy May Mean Loss of Security Anna [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 03:15:52

Unscientific

The current issue of Scientific American has a special section about privacy (there's a podcast with the editor here) ... of RFID tags be regulated. This seemed both too specific and somewhat out of place [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 11:56:43

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