Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology
San Francisco’s Entertainment Commission will soon be considering a jaw-dropping attack on privacy and free assembly. Here are some of the rules the Commission may adopt for any gathering of people expected to reach 100 or more: 3. All occupants of the premises shall be ID Scanned (including patrons, promoters, and performers, etc.). ID scanning [...]
Regarding San Francisco’s open data portal, DataSF, @cordblomquist astutely notes that open data is becoming a political virtue.
Via engadget, here’s a fun video showing how easy it is to pick up information from passport cards and “enhanced driver’s licenses.” (Enhancement is in the eye of the beholder, of course.) These cards use RFID to broadcast information when properly interrogated, and this information can be used (at a minimum) to track people’s movements. [...]
February 14, 2012
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