Tommy Thompson – May Run For President
Katherine Albrecht, the world's leading RFID privacy expert and co-author of the book Spychips - How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID writes:
Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson is considering a run for president in 2008…
As head of Health of Health and Human .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
The British RFID passports have had their encryption broken already
New RFID passports are supposed to make identity theft more difficult and to make it easier to spot fake passports like the ones used by the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks.
First, making the data remotely secretly readable without every possessing or otherwise .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Cellphone, Cellphones, Passports, Physical Security, Physical Security, RFID, UKLow Chance of Bush Pushing Spying Bill Through Lame Duck Congress
The Center For Democracy and Technology recently said in their newsletter:
The "lame duck" 109th Congress will return to Washington November 13 to take care of unfinished business before it finally ends. Among the bills President Bush has said he'd like to see passed is the NSA
Domestic Spying bill. In addition, there is an effort .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Voting not allowed in Maryland
Our most fundamental right as American citizens is being denied in Maryland. I went to the polls to vote today and explained that I wanted to vote, but would only use a paper ballot. While the check-in people suggested a "provisional ballot", the supervisor nixed that and showed me this nice large sign.
Why did I insist on a paper .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Diebold, Elections, Evoting, Maryland
