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."
As part of the Prophecy News blogstream, this blog follows trends in identification technology, e-commerce, m-commerce, currency consolidation, and Orwellian government control as potential fulfillments of Revelation 13:16-18. Don't panic! The mark is not here yet, and won't be for some time. We are just watching the trends.
2007/04/24
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."
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."
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."
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."
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."
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