My Way News - Report on NSA Brings Surveillance in Focus
AP reports, "If the National Security Agency is indeed amassing a colossal database of Americans' phone records, one way to use all that information is in 'social network analysis,' a data-mining method that aims to expose previously invisible connections among people."
2006/05/12
2006/04/27
My Way News - Visa, Nokia Launch Phone Payment Project
AP reports, "Visa International and Finnish cell phone maker Nokia Corp. (NOK) jointly released the world's first credit card payment pilot system in Malaysia, allowing consumers to shop and pay using their mobile phones."
AP reports, "Visa International and Finnish cell phone maker Nokia Corp. (NOK) jointly released the world's first credit card payment pilot system in Malaysia, allowing consumers to shop and pay using their mobile phones."
2006/04/06
Yahoo News - PayPal Offers Text Message Payment
AP reports, "Customers of the PayPal online payment service can now use their cell phones to instantly send money, buy items or donate to charities [...] Every customer is assigned an identification number needed for each order."
The usual disclaimer applies, this is not the mark of the beast, don't be afraid of PayPal, we are just watching the trends. I feel like I need to say this, you would be would amazed at some of the e-mails I get on this subject from people afraid of commerce tech. I don't want to inspire fear, just watchfulness.
AP reports, "Customers of the PayPal online payment service can now use their cell phones to instantly send money, buy items or donate to charities [...] Every customer is assigned an identification number needed for each order."
The usual disclaimer applies, this is not the mark of the beast, don't be afraid of PayPal, we are just watching the trends. I feel like I need to say this, you would be would amazed at some of the e-mails I get on this subject from people afraid of commerce tech. I don't want to inspire fear, just watchfulness.
2006/04/05
InformationWeek - Brief: Cell Phone Users Pine For Biometrics: "A survey of US cell phone users revealed that most of them want biometric protection and wireless banking transaction capability in their mobile phones. "
2006/04/04
Compulsory identity cards promised by 2010 - IT Week
IT Week (UK) reports, "Biometric identity (ID) cards moved a step closer last week, but organisations interested in using the technology still face some uncertainty, as new legislation means the cards will remain voluntary for longer than first planned."
IT Week (UK) reports, "Biometric identity (ID) cards moved a step closer last week, but organisations interested in using the technology still face some uncertainty, as new legislation means the cards will remain voluntary for longer than first planned."
2006/03/15
Washington Post - Use of Implanted Patient-Data Chips Stirs Debate on Medicine vs. Privacy
The Washington Post reports, "Some doctors are welcoming the technology as an exciting innovation that will speed care and prevent errors. But the concept alarms privacy advocates. They worry the devices could make it easier for unauthorized snoops to invade medical records. They also fear that the technology marks a dangerous step toward an Orwellian future in which people will be monitored using the chips or will be required to have them inserted for surveillance."
The Washington Post reports, "Some doctors are welcoming the technology as an exciting innovation that will speed care and prevent errors. But the concept alarms privacy advocates. They worry the devices could make it easier for unauthorized snoops to invade medical records. They also fear that the technology marks a dangerous step toward an Orwellian future in which people will be monitored using the chips or will be required to have them inserted for surveillance."
2006/02/21
NYT- A Card We Should All Carry
How would you go about selling national ID cards to the U.S.? This op-ed in The New York Times has the answer to that question.
How would you go about selling national ID cards to the U.S.? This op-ed in The New York Times has the answer to that question.
2006/02/13
My Way News - Britain's Lower House Passes ID Card Bill
"Britain's lower chamber of Parliament voted on Monday to require all citizens who want a passport to have a national identity card as well - a compromise on a measure that originally required all Britons to carry a national ID card."
"Britain's lower chamber of Parliament voted on Monday to require all citizens who want a passport to have a national identity card as well - a compromise on a measure that originally required all Britons to carry a national ID card."
Yahoo News - 2 Workers Have Chips Embedded Into Them
AP reports, "Tiny silicon chips were embedded into two workers who volunteered to help test the tagging technology at a surveillance equipment company, an official said Monday."
AP reports, "Tiny silicon chips were embedded into two workers who volunteered to help test the tagging technology at a surveillance equipment company, an official said Monday."
2006/02/07
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