Air passengers 'could be tagged'
Starmail - 13. Okt, 09:03
RFID
13
Okt
2006
9
Okt
2006
RFID weiter gesetzlos
Daten bleiben vorerst nur dann mehr oder weniger geschützt, wenn sie nicht mit Funkwellen übertragen werden.
http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/23/23710/1.html
http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/23/23710/1.html
Starmail - 9. Okt, 22:29
6
Okt
2006
RFID Passports
E-Passports out OCTOBER 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XXaqraF7pI
RFID in U.S. Passports 10pm News Story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVOHbi3WTss
Informant: Gotemf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XXaqraF7pI
RFID in U.S. Passports 10pm News Story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVOHbi3WTss
Informant: Gotemf
Starmail - 6. Okt, 13:40
29
Sep
2006
8
Sep
2006
Orwellian RFID tracking video: Press banned from conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 9, 2006
AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS DENIES RFID USE
Crisis PR Firm Disavows Incriminating Video on Eve of Major Conference
On the eve of a major RFID apparel and footwear conference, privacy activists are asking questions about an Orwellian industry video presentation depicting the use of Radio Frequency Identification at an American Eagle Outfitters store. The animated video, created by technology integrator CompEx Inc., depicts how a retailer could embed the controversial technology into clothing and credit cards to secretly identify and track consumers--even deliver targeted marketing messages.
"American Eagle Outfitters has assured us that it is not using RFID in its stores or operations, and we applaud them for that. But consumers need to know that this technology exists and what it could mean for them. We have documentation showing that other companies are looking closely at these types of invasive applications," said Liz McIntyre and Katherine Albrecht, co-authors of "Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID."
The video shows a consumer walking into an American Eagle Outfitters store, being remotely identified through the American Eagle Outfitters credit card in his pocket, and purchasing items with RFID tags hidden in the store's branded clothing. The graphic footage concludes with a full-facial biometric scan conducted through a pinhole camera at checkout.
The animated flash clip is posted on the authors' website at: http://www.spychips.com/RFIDclothingstoredemo.html
Although the footage was created in 2002, its disclosure yesterday had an immediate impact on senior management at American Eagle Outfitters. McIntyre says that within minutes of sending the video clip to an executive at American Eagle, she received a call from Ed Nebb, senior director of investor relations and crisis communications at Berns Communications Group. He issued the following statement:
"American Eagle currently does not use any RFID systems, either in supply chain management, consumer credit card or loyalty programs, or anywhere else within our operations. We highly value and respect our customers' privacy. The fact that a vendor may have offered a system demonstration should not be interpreted as an intention on our part to adopt such a system in the future."
CompEx Inc. President Aram Kovach, who developed the video, told McIntyre that American Eagle Outfitters had requested the RFID demonstration. "They asked us to come out," he said, explaining that the executives later traveled to Kovach's office in Ohio to see a working prototype.
The RFID tracking capability depicted in the video is feasible. "It worked," Kovach said. "All of these things can be done." But he noted that the cost of the tags was a big barrier to adoption.
McIntyre and Albrecht worry that companies deterred by cost issues may be reviving such plans now that the price of tags has dropped below the $.08-cent range.
They point to the RFID Apparel and Footwear Conference to be held at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology next week as a reason for concern. The event, co-sponsored by RFID Journal and the American Apparel and Footwear Association, promises "to show you how RFID can uniquely benefit the apparel and footwear industry." However, unlike past RFID events, where members of the press were welcomed, the promotional literature for the conference states:
"The entire conference is off limits to the press, so you can be sure you'll get candid insider insight that you can't hear anywhere else."
"It's clear that implementing RFID in apparel and footwear is being discussed behind closed doors," said Albrecht. "Our concern is that the companies working to integrate RFID into clothing operations are keeping their plans from the public. A case in point is Levi Strauss, which is selling clothes with RFID hang tags attached, but refusing to disclose the test location."
The pair is asking the conference sponsors to explain the need for secrecy at their event. "What is it they're discussing that they don't want the press to know?" Albrecht asks. "The press restriction is obviously not designed to keep proprietary information from industry competitors, since any apparel or footwear company can attend the event at a discounted rate. Clearly, excluding the press is an attempt to prevent the public from learning about the industry's plans to use RFID tracking devices in clothing."
Albrecht and McIntyre have posted a promotional email for the conference that specifies the press restriction at:
http://www.spychips.com/RFIDApparelandFootwearConference.html
ABOUT "SPYCHIPS"
Liz McIntyre and Katherine Albrecht are the authors of "Spychips: How Major Corporations Plan to Track your Every Move with RFID." The book draws on patent documents, corporate source materials, conference proceedings, and firsthand interviews to paint a convincing -- and frightening -- picture of the consumer privacy threat posed by RFID.
Despite its hundreds of footnotes and academic-level accuracy, the book remains lively and readable according to critics, who have called it a "techno-thriller" and "a masterpiece of technocriticism."
Two days prior to its release in 2005, "Spychips" flew the top of the Amazon bestseller charts, hitting number one as a "Mover & Shaker," making its way to the top-ten Nonfiction bestseller list, and spending weeks as a Current Events bestseller. In a nod to the book's focus on freedom, Spychips was awarded the prestigious Lysander Spooner Award for Advancing the Literature of Liberty and named "the year's best book on liberty."
CASPIAN: Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering Opposing supermarket loyalty cards and other retail surveillance schemes since 1999
http://www.spychips.com/ http://www.nocards.org/
You're welcome to duplicate and distribute this message to others who may find it of interest.
Informant: Scott Munson
August 9, 2006
AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS DENIES RFID USE
Crisis PR Firm Disavows Incriminating Video on Eve of Major Conference
On the eve of a major RFID apparel and footwear conference, privacy activists are asking questions about an Orwellian industry video presentation depicting the use of Radio Frequency Identification at an American Eagle Outfitters store. The animated video, created by technology integrator CompEx Inc., depicts how a retailer could embed the controversial technology into clothing and credit cards to secretly identify and track consumers--even deliver targeted marketing messages.
"American Eagle Outfitters has assured us that it is not using RFID in its stores or operations, and we applaud them for that. But consumers need to know that this technology exists and what it could mean for them. We have documentation showing that other companies are looking closely at these types of invasive applications," said Liz McIntyre and Katherine Albrecht, co-authors of "Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID."
The video shows a consumer walking into an American Eagle Outfitters store, being remotely identified through the American Eagle Outfitters credit card in his pocket, and purchasing items with RFID tags hidden in the store's branded clothing. The graphic footage concludes with a full-facial biometric scan conducted through a pinhole camera at checkout.
The animated flash clip is posted on the authors' website at: http://www.spychips.com/RFIDclothingstoredemo.html
Although the footage was created in 2002, its disclosure yesterday had an immediate impact on senior management at American Eagle Outfitters. McIntyre says that within minutes of sending the video clip to an executive at American Eagle, she received a call from Ed Nebb, senior director of investor relations and crisis communications at Berns Communications Group. He issued the following statement:
"American Eagle currently does not use any RFID systems, either in supply chain management, consumer credit card or loyalty programs, or anywhere else within our operations. We highly value and respect our customers' privacy. The fact that a vendor may have offered a system demonstration should not be interpreted as an intention on our part to adopt such a system in the future."
CompEx Inc. President Aram Kovach, who developed the video, told McIntyre that American Eagle Outfitters had requested the RFID demonstration. "They asked us to come out," he said, explaining that the executives later traveled to Kovach's office in Ohio to see a working prototype.
The RFID tracking capability depicted in the video is feasible. "It worked," Kovach said. "All of these things can be done." But he noted that the cost of the tags was a big barrier to adoption.
McIntyre and Albrecht worry that companies deterred by cost issues may be reviving such plans now that the price of tags has dropped below the $.08-cent range.
They point to the RFID Apparel and Footwear Conference to be held at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology next week as a reason for concern. The event, co-sponsored by RFID Journal and the American Apparel and Footwear Association, promises "to show you how RFID can uniquely benefit the apparel and footwear industry." However, unlike past RFID events, where members of the press were welcomed, the promotional literature for the conference states:
"The entire conference is off limits to the press, so you can be sure you'll get candid insider insight that you can't hear anywhere else."
"It's clear that implementing RFID in apparel and footwear is being discussed behind closed doors," said Albrecht. "Our concern is that the companies working to integrate RFID into clothing operations are keeping their plans from the public. A case in point is Levi Strauss, which is selling clothes with RFID hang tags attached, but refusing to disclose the test location."
The pair is asking the conference sponsors to explain the need for secrecy at their event. "What is it they're discussing that they don't want the press to know?" Albrecht asks. "The press restriction is obviously not designed to keep proprietary information from industry competitors, since any apparel or footwear company can attend the event at a discounted rate. Clearly, excluding the press is an attempt to prevent the public from learning about the industry's plans to use RFID tracking devices in clothing."
Albrecht and McIntyre have posted a promotional email for the conference that specifies the press restriction at:
http://www.spychips.com/RFIDApparelandFootwearConference.html
ABOUT "SPYCHIPS"
Liz McIntyre and Katherine Albrecht are the authors of "Spychips: How Major Corporations Plan to Track your Every Move with RFID." The book draws on patent documents, corporate source materials, conference proceedings, and firsthand interviews to paint a convincing -- and frightening -- picture of the consumer privacy threat posed by RFID.
Despite its hundreds of footnotes and academic-level accuracy, the book remains lively and readable according to critics, who have called it a "techno-thriller" and "a masterpiece of technocriticism."
Two days prior to its release in 2005, "Spychips" flew the top of the Amazon bestseller charts, hitting number one as a "Mover & Shaker," making its way to the top-ten Nonfiction bestseller list, and spending weeks as a Current Events bestseller. In a nod to the book's focus on freedom, Spychips was awarded the prestigious Lysander Spooner Award for Advancing the Literature of Liberty and named "the year's best book on liberty."
CASPIAN: Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering Opposing supermarket loyalty cards and other retail surveillance schemes since 1999
http://www.spychips.com/ http://www.nocards.org/
You're welcome to duplicate and distribute this message to others who may find it of interest.
Informant: Scott Munson
Starmail - 8. Sep, 23:06
26
Aug
2006
RFID-Kennzeichnung als Spionage Chips?
Quelle: Organic Consumers Association
Die problematischen Seiten von RFID-Chips, die im Handel zur Preiskennzeichnung und Warenstromüberwachung eingesetzt werden, geraten zunehmend in die Diskussion. Problematisch ist, aus der Sicht von Verbraucherschützern, daß das Verhalten von Konsumenten durch die jeweiligen Händler überwacht werden kann, auch nachdem die Produkte die Geschäfte verlassen haben. Die winzigen Chips, die in den USA unbemerkbar im Produkt oder in der Verpackung versteckt sind, können in der Wohnung der Konsumenten ausgelesen werden. Hiergegen macht die US-amerikanische Verbraucherorganisation Organic Consumers Association OCA mobil. Nach ihrer Darstellung ermöglichen in Produkte eingesetzte RFID-Chips den Händlern nachzuvollziehen, wann und wo das Produkt verwendet wird. Laut Aussage der Händler in USA sei dies völlig legal. Gegner bezeichnen diese "Tags" als „Spionagechips“.
Auf folgender Webseite ist ein Zeichentrickvideo zu sehen, in welchem einige der gegenwärtigen Möglichkeiten der RFID Tags dargestellt werden: http://www.spychips.com/RFIDclothingstoredemo.html
Schreiben Sie uns Ihre Meinung:
mail@bio-markt.info
Copyright: Bio-Markt.info
http://www.bio-markt.info/bio-markt/inhalte/inh_index.htm?link=Meldungen&catID=5&docID=857
Die problematischen Seiten von RFID-Chips, die im Handel zur Preiskennzeichnung und Warenstromüberwachung eingesetzt werden, geraten zunehmend in die Diskussion. Problematisch ist, aus der Sicht von Verbraucherschützern, daß das Verhalten von Konsumenten durch die jeweiligen Händler überwacht werden kann, auch nachdem die Produkte die Geschäfte verlassen haben. Die winzigen Chips, die in den USA unbemerkbar im Produkt oder in der Verpackung versteckt sind, können in der Wohnung der Konsumenten ausgelesen werden. Hiergegen macht die US-amerikanische Verbraucherorganisation Organic Consumers Association OCA mobil. Nach ihrer Darstellung ermöglichen in Produkte eingesetzte RFID-Chips den Händlern nachzuvollziehen, wann und wo das Produkt verwendet wird. Laut Aussage der Händler in USA sei dies völlig legal. Gegner bezeichnen diese "Tags" als „Spionagechips“.
Auf folgender Webseite ist ein Zeichentrickvideo zu sehen, in welchem einige der gegenwärtigen Möglichkeiten der RFID Tags dargestellt werden: http://www.spychips.com/RFIDclothingstoredemo.html
Schreiben Sie uns Ihre Meinung:
mail@bio-markt.info
Copyright: Bio-Markt.info
http://www.bio-markt.info/bio-markt/inhalte/inh_index.htm?link=Meldungen&catID=5&docID=857
Starmail - 26. Aug, 11:30
23
Aug
2006
Lassen sich mit dem neuen Schweizer Pass auch Leute sprengen?
Starmail - 23. Aug, 11:50
22
Aug
2006
Können RFID-Pässe Bomben auslösen?
Pässe können Bombe auslösen
(diepresse.com) 22.08.2006
Die neuen mit einem Funkchip ausgestatteten Reisepässe sollten eigentlich das Reisen sicherer machen. Jetzt stellte sich heraus, dass das Dokument auch als Auslöser für Bomben zweckentfremdet werden kann.
In den USA wird derzeit mit der Ausgabe ähnlicher Pässe begonnen, die eigentlich Flugreisen sicherer machen sollten. Auch in Österreich sind die neuen Reisepässe mit integriertem Funkchip (RFID) bereits Standard. Auf dem Chip sind derzeit digitale Passfotos gespeichert, in Zukunft sollen noch Fingerabdrücke dazu kommen.
Es gab allerdings schon vor der Einführung des Systems Hinweise auf gravierende Sicherheitslücken: So ist es einer Firma bereits gelungen, die in den Pässen verwendeten RFID-Chips zu klonen - Terroristen könnten demnach mit dem Profil eines unbescholtenen Bürgers Kontrollen umgehen.
Doch das ist nicht alles: US-Sicherheitsexperten der Firma Flexilis bewiesen in einem Experiment, dass der US-RFID-Pass als Zünder für eine Bombe benutzt werden kann. Der Zünder kann so eingestellt werden, dass er nur auf bestimmte Nationalitäten reagiert. Da in die US-Pässe eine Sperre eingebaut ist, muss der Pass zur Auslösung aber leicht geöffnet werden.
Laut einer Flexilis-Demonstration, die auch als auf Youtube vorliegt, reicht also ein US-Reisepass, der in einer Tasche mit etwas Spielraum transportiert wird, als Bombenauslöser: Ein RFID-Lesegerät aktiviert dabei den Zünder, sobald ein Pass mit Funkchip in unmittelbarer Nähe vorbeigetragen wird. "Gezielte Angriffe auf US-Bürger" würden so ermöglicht, heißt es in dem Video.
Webtipp: Video Demonstration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XXaqraF7pI
Copyright - diepresse.com
http://www.diepresse.com/Artikel.aspx?channel=c&ressort=c&id=579824
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RFID-Pass-Bombe nur ein PR-Gag?
http://www.readers-edition.de/2006/08/22/rfid-pass-bombe-nur-ein-pr-gag/
(diepresse.com) 22.08.2006
Die neuen mit einem Funkchip ausgestatteten Reisepässe sollten eigentlich das Reisen sicherer machen. Jetzt stellte sich heraus, dass das Dokument auch als Auslöser für Bomben zweckentfremdet werden kann.
In den USA wird derzeit mit der Ausgabe ähnlicher Pässe begonnen, die eigentlich Flugreisen sicherer machen sollten. Auch in Österreich sind die neuen Reisepässe mit integriertem Funkchip (RFID) bereits Standard. Auf dem Chip sind derzeit digitale Passfotos gespeichert, in Zukunft sollen noch Fingerabdrücke dazu kommen.
Es gab allerdings schon vor der Einführung des Systems Hinweise auf gravierende Sicherheitslücken: So ist es einer Firma bereits gelungen, die in den Pässen verwendeten RFID-Chips zu klonen - Terroristen könnten demnach mit dem Profil eines unbescholtenen Bürgers Kontrollen umgehen.
Doch das ist nicht alles: US-Sicherheitsexperten der Firma Flexilis bewiesen in einem Experiment, dass der US-RFID-Pass als Zünder für eine Bombe benutzt werden kann. Der Zünder kann so eingestellt werden, dass er nur auf bestimmte Nationalitäten reagiert. Da in die US-Pässe eine Sperre eingebaut ist, muss der Pass zur Auslösung aber leicht geöffnet werden.
Laut einer Flexilis-Demonstration, die auch als auf Youtube vorliegt, reicht also ein US-Reisepass, der in einer Tasche mit etwas Spielraum transportiert wird, als Bombenauslöser: Ein RFID-Lesegerät aktiviert dabei den Zünder, sobald ein Pass mit Funkchip in unmittelbarer Nähe vorbeigetragen wird. "Gezielte Angriffe auf US-Bürger" würden so ermöglicht, heißt es in dem Video.
Webtipp: Video Demonstration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XXaqraF7pI
Copyright - diepresse.com
http://www.diepresse.com/Artikel.aspx?channel=c&ressort=c&id=579824
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RFID-Pass-Bombe nur ein PR-Gag?
http://www.readers-edition.de/2006/08/22/rfid-pass-bombe-nur-ein-pr-gag/
Starmail - 22. Aug, 16:00
