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Make a Faraday Cage Wallet - Wired How-To Wiki
RFID tags identifying who and -- gasp! —- where you are can be found in passports, ATM cards, credit cards and some state-issued ID cards. The same technology will possibly even be used in paper money in the near future.
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They know where you live: big council is watching you - Technology - smh.com.au
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Car tracker devices 'drive employees over edge' - BizTech - Technology
Employers are fitting out their fleets of company cars with invasive GPS tracking systems despite claims the technology unnecessarily invades staff privacy and contributed to the suicide of a Telstra linesman last year.
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Slashdot | Logged In or Out, Facebook Is Watching You
Social networking site Facebook is able to track the buying habits of its users on affiliated third-party sites even when they are logged out of their account or have opted out of its controversial 'Beacon' tracking service.
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Can authorities spy on your private e-mail? | Kentucky Enquirer | nky.com
A law that allows the government to read private e-mails without a warrant survived a court challenge Friday in Cincinnati, prompting one judge to accuse his colleagues of trampling civil rights.
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Wired Campus: Northeastern U. Researchers Tracked International Cellphone Users Without Their Knowledge - Chronicle.com
An unusual study of cell phone users conducted by researchers at Northeastern University tracked the location of cellphone users for six months without their knowledge—raising ethical concerns among some observers.
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Billboards That Look Back - NYTimes.com
They are equipping billboards with tiny cameras that gather details about passers-by — their gender, approximate age and how long they looked at the billboard. These details are transmitted to a central database.
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Repression 2.0 | Newsweek International Edition | Newsweek.com
The essence of the new repression is a form of surveillance in which the spies make their presence known in order to seem like they are everywhere. This strategy has emerged in recent years as authoritarian governments, led by China, have realized there a
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FOXNews.com - That Fly on the Wall Could Be an American Cyborg Spy - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
If you thought "Robocop" was a little far-fetched, think again. Cyborgs — especially cyborg insects — are making the spy technology scene.
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VeriChip Introduces Implantable Human Microchip - Seeking Alpha
Once thought of as something you might see only in a Stanley Kubrick film, or read about in a Stephen King novel, this chip is being touted as an automatic identification device used primarily in medical patients for emergency ID purposes.
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Leading surveillance societies in the EU and the World 2007
Guess what! According to this study by Privacy International, he U.S. qualifies - along with China, Russia, Malaysia and Singapore - as a society in which surveillance has become endemic and in which there are no adequate safeguards in place to protect i
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Newsvine - German Court Shoots Down PC Surveillance
Government surveillance of personal computers violates the individual right to privacy, Germany's highest court found Wednesday, in a ruling that German investigators say will restrict their ability to pursue terrorists.
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http://www.news.com/Smile%2C-youre-on-a-bar-Webcam/2100-1026-6230898.html?part=dht&tag=nl.e703
Bar Webcams are a growing phenomenon in cities like Boston, Denver, Chicago, San Diego, Minneapolis, and even tourist spots like Key West.
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With tech, nowhere to run, nowhere to hide - MSN Tech & Gadgets - News and Features
While Orwell was correct in foreseeing evaporating individual privacy, the enemy of privacy is not necessarily government. Indeed, we may only have ourselves to blame for the destruction of privacy that we hold so dear.
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Naked in the 'Nonopticon' - ChronicleReview.com
Through a combination of weak policies, vapid public discussions, and some remarkable technologies like camera phones and the Internet, we have less and less control over our reputations every day... And it's clear that people are being harmed by actions
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U.S. Airport Screeners Are Watching What You Read
International travelers concerned about being labeled a terrorist or drug runner by secret Homeland Security algorithms may want to be careful what books they read on the plane. Newly revealed records show the government is storing such information for ye
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Office Surveillance Technology - Is Your Boss Spying on You? - Popular Mechanics
More stealthy and prevalent than ever before, corporate security software is monitoring your every move inside and out of the office, whether it’s with your corporate computer, e-mail, phone or BlackBerry.
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BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Big Brother is watching us all
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New advances in microchip technology are creating a tiny revolution - Independent Online Edition > Science & Technology#2007-05-09T00:00:01-00:00#2007-05-09T00:00:01-00:00
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