Spychips

08/14/06

RFID-laced passports may be just the start of an Orwellian airport experience, warn privacy advocates and authors Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre as the nation braces for a rollout of the controversial technology in passports this week.

They point to a U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) concept video created by CompEx Inc. that shows how citizens can be tracked and monitored throughout an airport terminal — without their knowledge or consent.The animated flash clip is posted on the authors' website at:
http://www.spychips.com/RFIDairport.html

In the video, citizen "Bob" is remotely identified and tracked via Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) devices as he enters an airport and navigates to his gate. The video ends with chilling frames of a government agent surreptitiously scanning Bob and his belongings as he sits in the waiting area... [Editpr's note: If this doesn't give you cold chills, I dunno what will.-MLS]

http://www.spychips.com/press-releases/orwellian-rfid-airport.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp