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Title: Chipping away at privacy with radio waves
Post by: Glaucus on April 16, 2004, 06:24:11 PM

Chipping away at privacy with radio waves (http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/04/14/rfid/index.html)
Privacy advocates are alarmed by a new technology that might be able to monitor even the tiniest aspects of our lives. It comes in the form of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips.

  - Mike

Title: Re: Chipping away at privacy with radio waves
Post by: mikeymike on April 16, 2004, 07:26:00 PM

CNN should keep up with current affairs a little more :-)  RFID started to rear its ugly head in the media about two years ago.

Title: Re: Chipping away at privacy with radio waves
Post by: T_Bone on April 17, 2004, 03:40:28 PM

If it ever becomes a concern, I'm going to start carrying a BIG BOX of RFID tags everywhere i go, I'll even get a winter coat padded with nothing but RFID tags, insulate my house with them maybe. Let's see what I can do to the signal/noise ratio.  :-)

Title: Re: Chipping away at privacy with radio waves
Post by: Glaucus on April 18, 2004, 02:54:24 AM

I'm sure it won't be long before you can buy RFID jammers. You can already buy cell phone jamming equipment (and is often used by movie theaters and high-security places).

  - Mike