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Monday, August 13th, 2007Newsbuster The Bush administration tells us the main reason for warrantless wiretapping and searches is, warrantless searches and spying are necessary in order to keep us safe from the terrorist. They imply if we don't have anything to hide it should not matter if they conduct warrantless searches and that no mater what political party happens to be in power, now or in the future, that this ...
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Government Technologies Reduce National Security
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007By Mick Meaney RINF Alternative News
A German hacker and security consultant, Lukas Grunwald, has again demonstrated how Governments are enforcing insecure technology that puts our security, identity and privacy at risk, while claiming to provide the exact opposite.
Biometric passports containing the highly controversial RFID chips have been shown to be even more vulnerable than first thought as Grunwald managed ...
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Pentagon to implant microchips in soldiers’ brains
Monday, July 30th, 2007By Adam Thomas The Department of Defense is planning to implant microchips in soldiers' brains for monitoring their health information, and has already awarded a $1.6 million contract to the Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips (C3B) at Clemson University for the development of an implantable "biochip". Soldiers fear that the biochip, about the size of a grain of rice, which measures and relays information on soldiers vital signs ...
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RFID: Every Step You Take … They’ll Be Watching You
Monday, July 30th, 2007By Todd Lewan Radio frequency ID chips already track products. What about people? The implantation of RFID chips in human beings has lead critics to draw comparisons to livestock, George Orwell's 1984 and even the Bible's Book of Revelations. Meanwhile, manufacturers of the devices insist that in some emergency situations, the chips could mean the difference between life and death. CityWatcher.com, a provider of surveillance equipment, attracted ...
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Cashless (RFID) train tickets planned
Friday, July 27th, 2007By Dave Friedlos Rail passengers throughout the UK will in future use cashless tickets, including smart cards, barcodes on mobile phones and radio frequency identification (RFID), says the government rail White Paper released yesterday. Technology will play a crucial role in improving reliability and easing overcrowding on the rail infrastructure over the next 30 years. In addition to smart ticketing options, the strategy says improved communication systems, a comprehensive database ...
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Microchip Implants Raise Privacy Concern
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007By TODD LEWAN CityWatcher.com, a provider of surveillance equipment, attracted little notice itself - until a year ago, when two of its employees had glass-encapsulated microchips with miniature antennas embedded in their forearms. The "chipping" of two workers with RFIDs - radio frequency identification tags as long as two grains of rice, as thick as a toothpick - was merely a way of restricting access to vaults ...
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RFID in Student Phones
Saturday, July 7th, 2007The Pennsylvania university is giving out passive 13.56 MHz RFID tags to attach to mobile phones, allowing attendees to pay for a range of goods and services, both on campus and off. By Claire Swedberg Starting in August, Slippery Rock University's 8,500 students and faculty members will each receive a passive 13.56 MHz RFID tag they can attach to their cell phones. This tag ...
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RFID is not safe - AMA Report
Monday, July 2nd, 2007By Mick Meaney RINF Alternative News The American Medical Association (AMA) has released a report highlighting the risks of human implantable RFID microchips. The report contains safety and privacy warnings - as the chips have never been thoroughly tested, despite in 2004 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) giving the go-ahead for the use of human implantable chips, causing outrage among medical professionals and privacy advocates. Medical sales of RFID chips have been poor as ...
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All dogs may have to be microchipped
Saturday, June 30th, 2007HAMISH MACDONELL MINISTERS are considering the compulsory microchipping of all dogs as part of a range of measures to crack down on dangerous breeds, The Scotsman has learned. Plans have been drawn up by the SNP MSP Alex Neil to update and reform the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act, which banned a number of breeds, including pit bull terriers. Kenny MacAskill, the justice secretary, said he was willing to back Mr Neil's plans, ...
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Storing medical info under your skin
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Doctors could soon be storing essential medical information under the skin of their patients, the American Medical Association says. Devices the size of a grain of rice that are implanted with a needle could give emergency room doctors quick access to the records of chronically ill patients, the nation's largest doctors group said in a report. The association adopted a policy Monday stating that the devices can improve the "safety and efficiency ...
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The New World Order Tracking Device: RFID
Friday, June 22nd, 2007By Mick Meaney RINF Alternative News The Bermuda Government are issuing vehicle owners with credit card sized stickers containing a RFID chip and it is expected that every vehicle in Bermuda will carry one within a year or two. The scheme is mandatory and a $10,000 penalty applies if owners remove the chips. The first country to back the system was Singapore, well known for its lack of human rights. RFID readers are being placed in ...
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RFID Used To Track 2,500 London Dome Staff
Thursday, June 21st, 2007By Mick Meaney RINF Alternative News As The Millennium dome re-opens to the public this weekend, renamed the O2, over £350m has been spent on updating and adding new technology, including privacy invading RFID security passes for all 2,500 staff. In recent years the use of RFID has increased from the tracking of good being hidden inside clothing labels the implanting in our pets used in experiments on the mentality ill There is growing pressure in the UK ...
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Microchip Implants To Be Tested On Alzheimer’s Patients
Friday, June 8th, 2007By Mick Meaney RINF Alternative News 200 Alzheimer's sufferers are to be implanted with highly controversial radio frequency identification chips (RFID), which significantly reduces personal privacy and taking into account the mentality of the patients, can only be considered as a form of rape as they are not in a position to give fully informed consent or to refuse the chips. A care centre in West Palm Beach, Florida is set to ...
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UK warned of microchip bins
Sunday, May 27th, 2007Ian Morgan Unsuspecting homeowners could have their rubbish "spied" on by microchips fitted to household bins, the Tories claimed today. The accusation came ahead of expected Government proposals to introduce financial incentives encouraging recycling and a consultation on "save-as-you-throw" schemes. Environment Secretary David Miliband is also set to put forward plans to collect household food waste separately every week, to be used to generate renewable energy. But the Conservatives fear microchips could lead ...
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RFID & Wi-Fi Could Track Students
Sunday, May 27th, 2007Wireless tracking systems could be used to "protect" patients in hospitals and students on campuses, backers of the technology said. The combination of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags and wi-fi allows real-time tracking of objects or people inside a wireless network. Angelo Lamme, from Motorola, said tracking students on a campus could help during a fire or an emergency. "You would know where your people are at any given moment," he said....
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