What is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)?
http://www.aimglobal.org/technologies/rfid/what_is_rfid.asp
Is it just for manufacturers & show dogs?
http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/801/1/1/
Or humans?
http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=49901698
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/14/human_rfid_implants/
posted by Michelle Walker | 10:22 PM
3 Comments:
To continue on this subject: when I read last week that chip implants can be used now for medical record purposes, the first thing I thought about is how easy it would be for the polixe to log into the same chip and find precious criminal records, or schools to implant transcripts. This might be a good thing, except what if you don't all those people reading your medical records? What if you are on a medication for aids and you don't want your workplace aware of that? Yet they want access to your criminal records since you're carrying them around anyway. Yikes. This is sort of scary stuff to me.
I already am sort of freaked out when I borrow someone else's computer and Amazon.com somehow has figured it out it is me visiting the site. How do they know that? Why do they know that? How do I get them to not know that? cookies no doubt. Give them back their cookies.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/10/14/implantable.chip.ap/
IMPLANTABLE CHIP PROMPTS PRIVACY CONCERNS
Thursday, October 14, 2004 Posted: 2:33 PM EDT (1833 GMT)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Privacy advocates are concerned that an implantable microchip designed to help doctors tap into a patient's medical records could undermine confidentiality or could even be used to track the patient's movements.
I have been watching this discussion about RFID for a year or so. It keeps coming up on News.com . I get the idea that people are nervous about your box of cheerios putting off a signal that can be tracked. I also see the value to Walmart of knowing exactly when that box has left there store so that they can order more, and the flexibility of being able to track a shipment from warehouse to store. I do think that if RFID works as I have been told, devices will need to be shut off/killed upon purchase of the product. I really don't care if Walmart knows I bought the cheerios, but once I walk out the door no one else in the world needs to know that info.
It could indeed be a brave and scary new world.
Jeff
Good blog Michelle. Your article on the Patriot act was true in that there has been very little Senate debate formally. I really see this as another example of how this administration wants to control the general public. It seems like a very paranoid way off watching the internet, medical, college, etc. data flow. I am interested on how the ACLU will achieve it's ambitious challange to this bill.
tom
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