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FW: Homeland Security RFI heightens public concern over RFID
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:59:48 -0500
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21, 2006 HOMELAND SECURITY RFI HEIGHTENS PUBLIC CONCERNS OVER RFID DHS Wants to Track Spychips in Moving Cars Going 55 MPH "Call it Big Brother on steroids," say privacy advocates Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre, co-authors of "Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID." The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is looking for beefed up RFID technology that can read government-issued documents from up to 25 feet away, pinpoint pedestrians on street corners, and glean the identity of people whizzing by in cars at 55 miles per hour. Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) is a controversial technology that uses tiny microchips to track items from a distance. These RFID microchips have earned the nickname "spychips" because each contains a unique identification number, like a Social Security number for things, that can be read silently and invisibly by radio waves. Privacy and civil liberties advocates are opposed to the use of the technology on consumer items and government documents because it can be used to track people without their knowledge or consent. ... A copy of the RFI is posted at the authors' website: http://www.spychips.com/DHS-RFID.pdf ... _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- FW: Homeland Security RFI heightens public concern over RFID Richard M. Smith (Feb 21)
- Re: FW: Homeland Security RFI heightens public concern over RFID Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 21)
- Re: FW: Homeland Security RFI heightens public concern over RFID Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Feb 21)
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- RE: FW: Homeland Security RFI heightens public concern over RFID Blanchard_Michael (Feb 22)
- Re: FW: Homeland Security RFI heightens public concern over RFID Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 22)
- Re: FW: Homeland Security RFI heightens public concern over RFID Brian Loe (Feb 22)
- Re: FW: Homeland Security RFI heightens public concern over RFID Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 22)
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