[IP] Who Owns Information About You? -- RFID abuse research!
Begin forwarded message:
From: Ted Kircher <tkircher@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: May 14, 2006 12:19:56 AM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Declan McCullagh <declan@xxxxxxxx>, Jim Warren <jwarren@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Fw: ... Who Owns Information About You? -- RFID abuse research!
Reply-To: Ted Kircher <tkircher@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Dave,
While the technology of RFID is still premature and its present scope
of use
very limited, the general opinion is that its prevasive use is
envitable.
Hence, my email was intended to consider a probable consequent of the
use of RFID products once its market had matured (initially intended to
replace barcodes) using the same reasoning (terrorism, national
defense, ..)
to justify gathering telephone call information today.
Hence, what is needed to be done now is challange this reasoning and
not wait
for EXAMPLES - that should be obvious if the reasoning is not changed.
Btw, similar extrapolations of the consequences of any new technology
should
be made if the "national defense justifies anything" reasoning is not
challanged.
PS: I don't think the "beat up the little guy" (Iraq, Iran,
Palestine, ....) strategy
of the U.S. is sustainable without an increasing lost of
personal information
(and inevitable abuse/control by our government) because the
weaponry
available to individuals will continue to increase. The U.S.
policies today
are creating suicide bombers many of whom should be expected
to lie
dormat (live ordinary lives, ....) for decades. Their weaponry
will not be
archaic dynamite!
Ted
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Warren
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx ; Declan McCullagh
Cc: Ted Kircher
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: ... Who Owns Information About You? -- RFID abuse research!
>... hope some IPers have given some thought on the information that
>will be collected via RFID chips that will be imbedded in every
>applicance we own ....
>
>As such, someone (government agent or ???) can put (shoot a dart,
>...) near your house and collect data on almost every activity going
>on inside - of course for 'national security purposes'!
There has been considerable hand-wringing about RFIDs and their
potential for abuse. But not much (any??) EXAMPLES of it actually
happening.
Seems like an EXCELLENT "research project" -- for some well-exploited
grad student(s) (thesis topic?!), privacy advocates with free time,
or whomever.
If this IS any REAL threat to our privacy -- let's have some EVIDENCE!
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