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- canada.com [Times Colonist, Victoria]: B.C. to offer 'passport' driver's licence
  Posted by Jwgardner from Canada
  The B.C. government hopes to soon offer an enhanced driver's licence that would serve as a cheaper, more convenient alternative to a passport for land or sea travel to the U.S.
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- For just $20, you can be Big Brother, too!
  Posted by Jeff from Crosscut
  As if RFID chips in driver\\\\\\\'s licenses and passports weren\\\\\\\'t scary enough already, London\\\\\\\'s Royal Academy of Engineering is suggesting that someday a terrorist will be able to read personal details from a distance and, given the right antennas and amplification, set a bomb to go off when a particular person gets within range.
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- Verichip Injects Itself Into Immigration Debate
  Posted by Billbar
  Scott Silverman, Chairman of the Board of VeriChip Corporation, has alarmed civil libertarians by promoting the company's subcutaneous human tracking device as a way to identify immigrants and guest workers. He appeared on the Fox News Channel earlier this week, the morning after President Bush called for high-tech measures to clamp down on Mexican immigrants.
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- Tech industry attacks state anti-RFID laws
  Posted by Billbar from ZDNet
  In at least a dozen states, the electronics industry has been waging a battle against a rash of proposed laws aimed at limiting--and in some cases outlawing--use of electronically readable chips in personal identification documents.
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- Fear for your privacy? Use duct tape _ News.blog _ CNET News.com
  Posted by Billbar from News.com
  Duct tape wallet blocks RFID chips.
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- Total Surveillance
  Posted by Billbar from Mother Jones
  Sounding the alarm about RFID technology.
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canada.com [Times Colonist, Victoria]: B.C. to offer 'passport' driver's licence

For just $20, you can be Big Brother, too!

Verichip Injects Itself Into Immigration Debate

Tech industry attacks state anti-RFID laws

Fear for your privacy? Use duct tape _ News.blog _ CNET News.com

Total Surveillance

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