2007/04/24

Canada, Mexico travel cards under privacy attack | Tech News on ZDNet
ZDNet reports: "A forthcoming travel identification card geared toward Americans who frequently cross U.S. borders into Mexico and Canada is drawing renewed criticism."
McAfee: RFID chips exposing users to danger
Computerworld reports: "The current generation of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is vulnerable to eavesdropping, cloning and forging."

2007/04/13

My Way News - New Net Design Must Tackle Interests
AP reports: "Participants in a new network also could include law-enforcement officials, who are already demanding that Internet service providers retrofit the existing network to ease wiretapping of Internet-based phone calls. Governments around the world, including the United States, also could seek ways to block porn and politically sensitive Web sites - and better identify those who distribute the forbidden."
Airports to track passengers with radio ID tags - Telegraph
The Telegraph reports: "Airports plan to track passengers with radio transmitter tags to cut delays and tighten security."

2007/04/11

With a zap or swipe of IDs, device helps nab scofflaws - USATODAY.com
USA Today reports: "A handheld device that can tell in a second whether a person is on one of 140 wanted or watch lists is being hailed by police as a crime-fighting breakthrough and flayed by civil libertarians as an intrusion on the innocent."

2007/04/03

Computerworld - Second state expected to nix forced RFID chipping: "North Dakota is set to ban the forced implantation of radio frequency technology (RFID) chips into people."