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
Tales from the Cryptographernew
Security guru Bruce Schneier busts the myths of post-9/11 safety measures.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
06-08-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Government Seeks List of Visitors to Voting Web Sitenew
Computer-voting watchdog Bev Harris is squaring off with federal authorities over the government's request for information about visitors to her internationally renowned Web site, www.blackboxvoting.org. While Harris is determined to resist the government's investigation, a national expert on press freedom says the Renton, Wash., muckraker will almost certainly face extensive fines or jail time if she refuses to cooperate.
Seattle Weekly |
George Howland Jr. |
08-07-2004 |
Civil Liberties
