Post by chris on Jul 19, 2012 10:53:50 GMT -5
Privacy & Tracking
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IMPORTANT: Some mobile devices do not download MP3s. Please use your desktop computer if this is the case.Date: 07-18-12
Host: George Noory
Guests: Katherine Albrecht, Arthur Rosengarten
Katherine Albrecht, a consumer privacy expert and VP of startpage.com, the world's most private search engine, discussed the latest RFID technologies being used to track not only products but humans, and their movement and activity. She announced that Macy's is considering implementing RFID on a broad national scale, placing a unique RFID number in some 300,000 pairs of shoes. This RFID number could subsequently be read by devices such as IBM's proposed "person tracking unit," as well entered in a planned "Internet of things," in which every single product is tied to a unique number in a database, she reported. Albrecht characterized this as a privacy invasion, and said a response from Macy's spokesperson will be forthcoming-- updates will be posted at her blog.
Recently some 160,000 concert goers at the Coachella Music Festival had to wear RFID wristbands, and were likely unaware of the tracking technology, she reported. This is becoming the standard at music festivals, and "I'm guessing by the end of the year we'll have seen more than 1 million people place an RFID chip on their right hand in order to access a music venue," she continued. Albrecht, a Christian, warned that the technology is moving closer to the 'Mark of the Beast' prophesied in the Book of Revelation.
She also cited privacy concerns about Google, and Gmail in particular. Though the service is free, if you read the fine print, "what you will discover is that Google gives itself the right to read all of the email that you send and receive," and to use that material to determine your relationship with your correspondents and create very detailed entries into your database as well as those of the people you write to, she stated. While Google doesn't sell your information to third parties, they can use it to target you with specific ads based on your mail and search engine inquiries, she added.
We think at first this sounds like a good idea...a chip to locate your dog if lost or personal items. The chips used in animals have been found too create cancer surrounding the chip. (they don't advertise that)
What always may sound like a good idea usaully has evil reprecussions ...like the greedy and evil minds behind such devices. Soon we will all be programmmed and controled by those super powers. Sounds like a scifi movie but do your homework and you will see it has begun. Macy's is thinking of putting chips in shoes they sell to track their customers. Who else has or is or will be doing such things without our knowledge
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IMPORTANT: Some mobile devices do not download MP3s. Please use your desktop computer if this is the case.Date: 07-18-12
Host: George Noory
Guests: Katherine Albrecht, Arthur Rosengarten
Katherine Albrecht, a consumer privacy expert and VP of startpage.com, the world's most private search engine, discussed the latest RFID technologies being used to track not only products but humans, and their movement and activity. She announced that Macy's is considering implementing RFID on a broad national scale, placing a unique RFID number in some 300,000 pairs of shoes. This RFID number could subsequently be read by devices such as IBM's proposed "person tracking unit," as well entered in a planned "Internet of things," in which every single product is tied to a unique number in a database, she reported. Albrecht characterized this as a privacy invasion, and said a response from Macy's spokesperson will be forthcoming-- updates will be posted at her blog.
Recently some 160,000 concert goers at the Coachella Music Festival had to wear RFID wristbands, and were likely unaware of the tracking technology, she reported. This is becoming the standard at music festivals, and "I'm guessing by the end of the year we'll have seen more than 1 million people place an RFID chip on their right hand in order to access a music venue," she continued. Albrecht, a Christian, warned that the technology is moving closer to the 'Mark of the Beast' prophesied in the Book of Revelation.
She also cited privacy concerns about Google, and Gmail in particular. Though the service is free, if you read the fine print, "what you will discover is that Google gives itself the right to read all of the email that you send and receive," and to use that material to determine your relationship with your correspondents and create very detailed entries into your database as well as those of the people you write to, she stated. While Google doesn't sell your information to third parties, they can use it to target you with specific ads based on your mail and search engine inquiries, she added.
We think at first this sounds like a good idea...a chip to locate your dog if lost or personal items. The chips used in animals have been found too create cancer surrounding the chip. (they don't advertise that)
What always may sound like a good idea usaully has evil reprecussions ...like the greedy and evil minds behind such devices. Soon we will all be programmmed and controled by those super powers. Sounds like a scifi movie but do your homework and you will see it has begun. Macy's is thinking of putting chips in shoes they sell to track their customers. Who else has or is or will be doing such things without our knowledge