AltWeeklies Wire
Big Brother is Watching You With RFID Microchipsnew
Consumer-privacy advocate Katherine Albrecht advises people to resist RFID. "There are certainly things you can do with RFID that might be cool, but the costs of introducing this technology into our society so vastly outweigh the benefits, the technology shouldn’t be deployed at all," she says.
The Georgia Straight |
Erin Millar |
07-27-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Olympic Critic Says Vancouver Charter Changes Threaten Civil Libertiesnew
Neuroscientist Chris Shaw, along with other speakers who attended Thursday's meeting of the Vancouver City Council, is very concerned about the impact on civil liberties of 16 new amendments to the Vancouver Charter.
The Georgia Straight |
Matthew Burrows |
01-26-2009 |
Civil Liberties
Canada's No-fly List Worries Somenew
As the Canadian government rolls out its no-fly list on June 18, civil-rights activist Itrath Syed says it was put together in a "very arbitrary process."
The Georgia Straight |
Carlito Pablo |
06-08-2007 |
Civil Liberties
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