Book,
Spychips: how major corporations and government plan to track your every move with RFID
Nelson Current, Nashville, Tennessee, (2005)
Abstract
Synopsis
As you walk down the street, a tiny microchip implanted in your tennis
shoe tracks your everymove; chips woven into your clothing transmit
the value of your outfit to nearby retailers; and a thief scans the
chips hidden inside your money to decide if you’re worth robbing.
This isn’t science fiction; in a few short years, it could be a fact
of life.
Spychips takes readers into the frightening world of Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID).While manufacturers and the government want
you to believe that they would never misuse the technology, the future
looks like an Orwellian nightmare when you consider the possibilities
of surveillance and tracking these chips embody. Combining in-depth
research with firsthand reporting, Spychips reveals how RFID technology,
if left unchecked, could soon destroy our privacy, radically alter
the economy, and open the floodgates for civil liberty abuses.
Biography
Dr. Katherine Albrecht is the founder and director of CASPIAN, an
international consumer group. Dubbed the "Erin Brockovich" of RFID
by Wired magazine, she is one of the leading voices for privacy in
today's fast-changing, high-tech world. Katherine holds a doctorate
in education from Harvard University.
Liz McIntyre is an award-winning investigative writer with a flair
for exposing corporate shenanigans and bureaucratic misdeeds. She
serves as CASPIAN's communications director and has been the master
strategist for many of the organization's most successful media campaigns.
