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University Launches RFID People Tracking Experiment
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 | One comment
RFID is serving as the network for the RFID Ecosystem Project, a social networking experiment at the University of Washington in Seattle that is exploring the intersection of the value of tracking systems and the loss of privacy that they can cause.
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FBI aims for world’s largest biometrics database
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007 | One comment
Reuters Photo: A Mexican national has his thumb fingerprint taken on a digital scanner by a U.S….
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Chip implants linked to animal tumors
Monday, September 10th, 2007 | 4 comments
Another reason not to get the “Mark”
—ITD Editor
A VeriChip microchip held in pair of tweezers is displayed in Boca Raton, Fla., in this May 10, 2002, file photo. Proponents say the chips, when implanted in people, offer security and medical identification benefits. Detractors worry that abuse of the chips will eliminate personal privacy in the digital age. (AP Photo/Steve Mitchell)
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U.S. to Expand Domestic Use Of Spy Satellites
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 | Post a comment
The U.S.’s top intelligence official has greatly expanded the range of federal and local authorities who can get access to information from the nation’s vast network of spy satellites in the U.S.
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In China, a High-Tech Plan to Track People
Saturday, August 11th, 2007 | 8 comments
SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 9 — At least 20,000 police surveillance cameras are being installed along streets here in southern China and will soon be guided by sophisticated computer software from an American-financed company to recognize automatically the faces of police suspects and detect unusual activity.
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Microchips mulled for HIV carriers in Indonesia’s Papua
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 | One comment
Lawmakers in Indonesia’s Papua are mulling the selective use of chip implants in HIV carriers to monitor their behaviour in a bid to keep them from infecting others, a doctor said Tuesday.
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Doctors back plan to store medical info under your skin
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 | 7 comments
CHICAGO (AFP) - Doctors could soon be storing essential medical information under the skin of their patients, the American Medical Association says.
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Don’t want national ID? Surrender your passport
Sunday, March 11th, 2007 | 4 comments
People who opt out of ‘voluntary’ scheme must ‘forgo the ability’ to travel abroad
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Surveillance cameras get smarter
Monday, February 26th, 2007 | Post a comment
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The next time you walk by a shop window, take a glance at your reflection. How much do you swing your arms? Is the weight of your bag causing you to hunch over? Do you still have a bit of that 1970s disco strut left?
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