This was an absurd idea from the beginning. Instead of improving the security of passports and international travel, these passports have only put people at an increased risk of identity theft.
Guardian Unlimited story - via Reddit
RFID has the potential to create a nightmarish lack of privacy. RFID tags can be implanted into almost anything, and they can also be hidden in everyday items.
Spychips.com has a lot of information regarding RFID privacy and security issues. They also provide information on how you can get involved as a consumer, lawmaker, [...]
I’ve always been concerned about the privacy and security issues surrounding RFID tags. The biggest use of RFID tags is inventory-tracking and theft prevention. You’ll find these tags on anything and everything.
Now we’re starting to see credit cards with RFID chips built into them. The idea is that you just wave your [...]
Your internet service provider is likely tracking much of what you do online. Traffic on the Internet is routed via IP addresses. Your ISP obviously knows the IP address of your computer (Or router if you have a home network). And because the ISP is your gateway to the Internet, all traffic [...]
A research centre at University College London is working on a project to attach unremovable tracking tags to all air passengers so that they can be monitored throughout the airport.
Not only is this is a complete waste of time and money, it is a complete insult to human dignity and privacy.
Here’s the typical reference to [...]
Wired’s recent article - The Information Factories - is a must read. The article discusses the new data centers that are being built by Google and the other major search engines. The scale of these data centers is not as big as the idea behind them, however. An incredibly scalable parallel server [...]
Not long ago, AOL released the search information of hundreds of thousands of customers. Think for a minute about the types of things that you search for. Do you want people to know what you search for? Most people do not for obvious reasons. You cannot control how a search engine [...]
What happens when someone dies and nobody knows their passwords? This is increasingly becoming a problem, especially when important things like bank accounts, investments, and email are locked behind passwords.
CNET News has a great article on this here.
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Mark Foley has learned the hard way that what you type in an email or instant message is not anywhere near private. This should be a lesson to all to pay attention to what you say in an email or instant message. (And to not make sexual advances to minors, of course!)
Not only [...]
Starting today, Facebook is no longer restricted to students, businesses, and whoever else. They are opening their doors to everyone…
This comes shortly after a story about Yahoo wanting to buy Facebook for 1 billion dollars.
Lessons from the Facebook Riots - Wired / Bruce Schneier
Facebook Expands Amid Rumors of Buyout - NPR
