Nick Barber reports: A researcher is working on technology he hopes will be able to control RFID tags and protect private information. “We are building our own RFID cards and adding features to them to make it visible and noticeable when someone is accessing the information,” Nicolai Marquardt, a Ph.D. student at the University of…
Category: Surveillance
Now being a skeptic will expose you to police investigation?
Donna Bowater reports: The university embroiled in the scandal over leaked climate change emails has sparked outrage by handing the personal details of climate change sceptics (sic) to police. The University of East Anglia claimed it had been deluged with requests from sceptics under the Freedom of Information Act shortly before hacked emails were published…
The Entertainment Industry’s Dystopia of the Future
Richard Esguerra of EFF explains how if the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and others have their way, you will be under more surveillance than you can ever begin to imagine. Here’s just one snippet of what they want: Customs authorities should be encouraged to do more…
Broad Coalition Urges President Obama And Congress To Oppose Biometric National ID
From an ACLU press release: A broad coalition of groups today sent a letter to the White House, the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee urging them to oppose a proposal by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) that would include a biometric…