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It's Time For "Push-To-Pay" In RFID Proximity Purchasing :: Symblogogy

"Proximity pay and access technology strategies largely did not take into account the fact that even with the encryption of information, the information could be picked up with RF antenna sensors at anytime one...

Reading Dissident Web Sites

POLL ---- Who should be prevented from reading, or allowed to read, dissident web sites?

"Speedpassing" RFID Privacy Strategies Not Ready For Primetime :: Symblogogy

"From cellphones, passports, and now even credit cards are being embedded with proximity RFID technology that allow personal identification and financial information to be captured without the person carrying this...

Hacking Contactless Credit Cards Made Easy

US security researchers have demonstrated how easy it might be for crooks to read sensitive personal information from RFID-based credit and debit cards. Read More Here

RFID Applications Come Into Focus With EPC Standards Overlay :: Symblogogy

Radio frequency identification is a pretty nifty technology. Take an antennae and some memory, power it up (active) or have it be able to be useful when activated with radio waves (passive) and one has a way to...

Big Brother is Watching You!

New RFID tech would track airport passengers This story posted on Cnet last Friday is another sign that "big brother" is watching your movements more and more. Under the pretense of airport security, it states...

Orwell Today

"Then came Hitler, the Spanish Civil War, etc. By the end of 1935 I had still failed to reach a firm decision. The Spanish war and other events in 1936-37 turned the scale and thereafter I knew where I stood. Every line of serious work that I have written..."

It's Change Or Die Tryin' At NACS :: Symblogogy

The overriding theme of most exhibitors and conference speakers throughout the National Convenience Store Show 2006 is clearly settled in the unsettled territory of a constantly changing world. One conference...

The Best ID Security May Not Be Just Biometric :: Symblogogy

Specific identification of an individual short of a DNA make-up can be achieved through many identification processes.  A large investment has been made in systems based on biometric access, radio based...

Technology Strategies - Security Lags As Shoplifting Soars :: Symblogogy

"Gross-Inflation" is hitting the shoplifting industry by as much as 37% in average dollar loss per theft over this last measurable year. With rings of professional shoplifters, some with ties to funding...

North American Union, SPP, and NASCO - Erasing America's Borders

"While we've been looking elsewhere, our own government has implemented a comprehensive plan to erase our borders with Canada and Mexico. The NAFTA Superhighway will allow vehicles, people and goods to travel from Mexico, into the American heartland, and up to Canada with...

Symblogogy :: RFID For Human Babies

"It's Not What You Think - It would be easy to assume, when one hears about RFID for use on babies, that a chip would be implanted under the skin of the baby. In fact, the issue was explored here at Symblogogy as...

InformationWeek: RFID Market Sends Mixed Messages

"Vendor Alien Technology recently withdrew its planned initial public offering and analysts point to other signs of slowdown, even as companies including Wal-Mart move ahead with their implementations.Fans and...

Wal-Mart's CIO Dishes on RFID at NRFTech Conference

"SAN DIEGO—Wal-Mart's philosophy for its stores is deceptively simple: right product, right place, right time.   Rollin Ford, the company's new CIO—he was assigned to the top tech job in...

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