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Excellent
Tutorial http://www.smartcard.gov/tutorial/tutorial_t1/smartcard_t1.cfm Highly
recommended
www.smartcard.gov
Interactive Tutorial on the making of smart cards
http://www.fargo.com/worldwide.cfm
http://www.fargo.com/article.cfm?oid=5617&name=Working_with_smart_cards
http://minneapolis.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=93472&type_news=latest
Tech terms, keywords, definitions www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/techterms.html
Glossary http://www.oberthurusa.com/pns-sc-sc101-gloss.asp
Economic
Agenda in the Last Days :
In Luke Chapter 4, we read of a
very interesting episode in the life of our Lord. Jesus was in
the desert fasting for 40 days and nights and Satan came and
appeared to him and tempted our Lord in three major temptations :
1. the desire for food
2. religious pride ( tempting God )
3. global power
In the third temptation -- for global power -- Satan shows Jesus
all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
And Satan says to Jesus : "All this power will I give Thee,
and the glory of them:
for that is delivered unto me;
And to whomsoever I will I give it.
"If Thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be
thine." Luke 4:5-7
Our Lord of course did not worship Satan and cast him from Him.
So we realize that in general, the rulers of this world yield to
the influence of wealth and power
and wind up in league with Satan. Perhaps
that is why Satan has 7 crowns on his 7 heads in the latter
times.
We read in Revelation Chapter
12: 3, that Satan has 7 crowns on his 7 heads.
What does that mean ?
biblestudents
Revelation 12:3
"And there appeared another wonder in heaven;and behold a
great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven
crowns upon his heads
"a great red dragon" = Satan
"having 7 heads" ...
controlling the G7 ( democratic industrialized nations )
economically .
The G7 nations are: America, Canada, England, Germany, France,
Italy, and Japan.
These 7 Industrialized Democracies meet at their G7 Summits and
decide geo-political money policies.
( World Bank, the IMF International Monetary Fund, Economic Forum
etc. ).
"and 10 horns" ... controlling the WEU.
there
are 15 member nations.
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France , Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg,
The Netherlands (Holland), Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK
(England).
If
Belgium,
Netherlands and Luxembourg merge into one enterprise known as
"Benelux", that would
bring the WEU to 13 member-nations.
And Daniel 7 tells us that 3 of those nations will be removed
from the WEU by the antichrist beast. That will leave only 10
members of the WEU.
"and 7 crowns upon his heads"
G 7 implement a global financial system in
stages, [ chips, cards, biometric scans ]
ending with the 666 Mark of the Beast for economic access.
Gradualism conquers.
All of the above Scripture points to the main fact that :
* Satan is in
control of the financial agenda of the world. *
LINKS
The following links reveal more about the smart card industry
LEGIC multi application contactless smart cards
13.56 MHz contactless http://www.legic.com/technology.html
http://www.legic.com/applications.html latest news
http://www.legic.com/news_en.html
ID Cards http://www.preventgenocide.org/prevent/removing-facilitating-factors/IDcards/
Global survey http://www.preventgenocide.org/prevent/removing-facilitating-factors/IDcards/survey/
Forum http://www.eweek.com/talkback_details/0,1932,s=26515&a=178784,00.asp?m=17496
SUPERCOM - GSA, Euronext and Qadima, Israel
SuperCom, Ltd.
provides innovative solutions in smart-card and e-ID
technologies to the commercial and government
sectors. The Company offers a wide range of standard and
customized smart-card-based solutions for physical and logical
security, education, corrections facilities and air &
seaports. It is also a leader in the manufacturing of
secure and durable documents such as national identity
cards, passports, visas, drivers’ licenses and vehicle
registration to improve homeland security, governmental
efficiency and document ease of use.
Headquartered in Israel, SuperCom has subsidiaries in the US and
Hong Kong
http://www.euronext.com/news/companypressrelease/0,4616,1700631_11894_830127277,00.html
SuperCom ..physiological ( bodily-response ) and psychological (
mental evaluation)
Suspect ( guilty ) until proven innocent
physiological and
psychological responses
Arriving passengers place their passports on a scanner and
a hand on a sensor. They then answer a
series of questions on a computer screen generated
by the passport’s origin while physiological
responses are measured through a detector via the hand.
After the data are analysed , the
passenger is either waved on or sent for questioning
by an official.
The company behind the system, Suspect Detection
Systems (SDS), is one of hundreds from Israel that
have helped to maintain the country’s reputation as a
leading provider of security, dealing with everything from
physical protection and surveillance to biometrics and perimeter
security.
http://www.iimcr.org/index.cfm?pageID=2&articleID=3714
Physiological behavior and traits
Biometrics
is the science and technology of authentication (i.e.
establishing the identity of an individual) by measuring the
person's physiological or behavioral
features. The term is derived from the Greek words
"bios" for life and "metron" for degree.
Biometrics usually refers to technologies for measuring and
analyzing human physiological characteristics such as fingerprints,
eye retinas and irises, voice patterns, facial patterns, and hand
measurements, especially for authentication
purposes.
Examples of behavioural characteristics which
can be measured include signature recognition, gait
recognition, speaker recognition and typing recognition.
Biometric technologies are becoming the foundation of an
extensive array of highly secure identification and personal
verification solutions.
http://www.smartcard.co.uk/biolinks.html
3 Types of Smart Cards ... memory only; CPU ; PKI ( encrypted )
Another type of
token called a smart card contains an embedded chip
that can be programmed to send and receive data and perform
computations. The underlying electronics are small
and can be shaped into a wide range of physical packages. Most
smart cards are driver’s-license– or
credit-card–shaped.
PKI Smart Cards ( CPU Crypto )
This type of smart card is typically tied to a public-key
infrastructure (PKI) and sometimes called PKI-enabled smart
cards. PKI is a combination of software, services, and
encryption technologies that facilitate secure communications
and [
Ed: financial ] transactions. The only way to
get a smart card to perform cryptographic operations is to
provide a password or biometric information
http://www.winguides.com/article.php/10/
PKI Security
http://www.military-information-technology.com/article.cfm?DocID=1421
Binding people to numbers
“PKI
is not just a set of keys and a smart card. It’s a whole set
of personnel [policies and] procedures
to bind user names to electronic keys
[ Ed: numbers ] so that applications can provide desired security
service.”
http://www.gcn.com/print/22_19/22782-1.html
Nanoenergy for smart cards
http://www.frontedgetechnology.com/gen.htm
http://www.nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=2963&ntid=&pg=20
Ubiquitous ATM card and Online financial transactions -- May 15,
2006
IRVINE, Calif.
--(Business Wire)-- May 15, 2006 -- Multi-Factor
Authentication Inc. (MFA), a new provider of
cost-effective and secure end-user authentication solutions for online
transactions, today announced the company's new
corporate advisory board which includes executives from Microsoft,
Cisco, eCredit and Morgan Stanley among others
The end result is
a multi-factor solution that: Requires No Tokens to Carry
or Replace
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/05/15/1649969.htm
W-European contract
6M follow-on order
from a Western European government. The order is expected
to be delivered during 2006 and follows the successful completion
of ePassport and the first stage of an eID project
for the European government.
Eyal Tuchman, CEO
of Supercom
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060501/ukm001.html?.v=55
GSA
and SuperCom
SuperCom's vice president
for U.S. operations, Moshe Wolfson
SuperCom Chief Executive Officer Eyal Tuchman told UPI upon his
appointment to the position in March that the company's "next-generation
market" for the coming year will be radio frequency asset
and people tracking.
The company also designs Smart Card systems for national
documents such as passports, government IDs and driver's
licenses, which the company sells in the United Kingdom, Hong
Kong, Eastern Europe and Israel.
http://www.secureidnews.com/news/2006/05/08/general-services-administration-awards-information-technology-schedule-contract-to-supercom/
Friday
Aug. 4, 2006 -- Social Security Ad. prepares team for management
of PIV cards for all new employees
Overseeing the management and Issuance of the PIV smart cards
http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/28961-1.html
More
links:
Qatar ID
The project aims
to issue high-end smart cards combining built-in
biometrics features, contact and contact-less
technologies. In addition to the personal data available in the
usual ID documents, the microprocessor will also store
the person’s fingerprint. The
biometric data remains on the chip and never leaves the card
even when the identity verification is being performed,
respecting privacy of the cardholder, company officials said
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=87133&version=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56
Daon Co. Qatar ID
Daon forms part of
the ProtechT and QPGI teams who were recently awarded the
contract.
The State of Qatar is implementing a new smart identity card, and
a series of smartcard applications, as part of the Qatar National
Identification Project. The National Identity Smartcard will be
issued to all citizens and residents and will become the standard
identification card for the purposes of interaction with all
ministries within the Government of Qatar.
Tricked
But the real
story, according to privacy advocates, is very different. They
accuse the Government of adopting an incremental approach so as
to trick people into accepting a smartcard that will eventually
be compulsory and used for universal identification
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/public-security-v-privacy/2006/05/17/1147545390480.html
Not to mention the databases
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=6208
Belgium to standardize ID cards --June 20, 2006
"Despite a
few initial delays, Belgium is becoming the first
European country to standardize the electronic identity card.
By the end of 2009, every Belgian citizen will be required
to own an e-ID card –11 million cards, according to most
counts
http://www.contactlessnews.com/library/2006/06/20/led-by-belgium-citizen-smart-cards-in-europe-forge-on/
Online Financial security with SCB
www.scbsolutions.com.
AOS-Hagenuk’s
products www.aos-hagenuk.com. provide increased authentication
capabilities with an added benefit of user convenience.”
says Rod Donnelly, President of SCB Solutions, Inc.
“Connected or unconnected, its products offer a high level
of trust to enable anywhere, anytime, access to
financial services or sign online transactions.
Authentication of identity has become critical in assuring
privacy and transaction security. The AOS-Hagenuk readers
associated with our security applications; bring to corporate
America a level of security that was so far only accessible to
high-end governmental systems. I am very proud to offer these
products to our clients.”
“SCB Solutions” expertise and extensive experience in
developing and delivering integrated smart card solutions
in the growing US marketplace makes them a premier distributor
for AOS-Hagenuk’s products.”
http://www.cr80news.com/news/2004/04/02/aoshagenuk-teams-with-scb-solutions-inc-for-smart-card-and-secure-identity-systems-de
ployment-in-north-america/
Qatar Min. of Interior to dispense NIS National
Identity Smartcards-- May 18, 2006
In addition to the
personal data available in usual ID documents such as name, birth
date, address, the microprocessor will also store the person's
fingerprint, iris and image. The biometric data remains on the
chip and will never be reased even when the identity verification
is being performed, respecting the privacy of the cardholder.
With
these new features, the cardholder will be able to access
e-government services
and perform [ Ed: financial ] transactions
in a simple and secure manner. Using a smart card reader
connected to their PCs or laptops, residents can use them to
perform several functions such as request official documents. [ Ed: without a smartcard, will
access be denied ??]
One of the deals
for the NIS project was signed between the MoI and Axalto,
a leading manufacturer of microprocessor cards, and the other
with Daon. While Axalto will deliver
fingerprint match-on cards, associated readers and services,
Daon, in partnership with
ProtechT and Qatar Project Group International,
will provide the core biometric software infrastructure
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&subsection=Qatar+News&month=May2006&file=Local_News
2006051835422.xml
"Everything"
smart card
Federal
Cabinet will today consider a single “smart card” for
every Australian adult. The card will be designed to provide
easier access to Medicare services and Centrelink welfare
payments, however, it will also function as a national identity
card.
There's a problem for anyone who is vaguely critical. The
reception the London School of Economics got has put anyone off
putting their head above the parapet," says Jerry Fishenden,
national technology officer at Microsoft UK speaking to The
Register.
What is
being proposed is no accounting system,” says Fishenden.
“It is one of the most ambitious projects, with the most
alarming social consequences, ever undertaken.
Not mandatory... but absolutely required .... or else
"access denied"
"he causes
all "
The ABC
is reporting that the Federal Cabinet has approved the smartcard
for access to Medicare rebates and family benefits. The card will
not be mandatory, and will not be used as a national ID card [Ed: ?? ]
It will be
necessary for everybody who needs the card
to apply for one and it will not be compulsory to have the card. [ Ed ??? ] But by the same token it
will not be possible to access many services
which are normally accessed by people unless one is in possession
of the card."
http://www.idm.net.au/story.asp?id=7132
For more on smart cards please see www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/ax.html
Supermarket ID card -- May 12, 2006
Natasha Stott Despoja. "Is this a credit card, a Medicare
card, a social security card?
It sounds like an ID card to me."She
said the possible inclusion of supermarkets was yet another
indication of the "function creep" involved in the card
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/disaster-card-plan-triggers-storm/2006/05/11/1146940682446.html
e-passport
"The U.S.
government has begun issuing new e-Passports, which contain an
RFID chip in the back cover. The chip in the e-Passport will have
enough memory to add fingerprints or iris patterns in addition to
basic data already in the passport, but the potential for
snooping has increased dramatically. Security experts in the U.S.
and abroad have cracked payment devices and chips implanted in
humans."
http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060504181653835
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/05/06/1639775.htm
Multifunctionality of student ID card -- June 2, 2006
http://www.cr80news.com/news/2006/06/02/university-of-technology-and-economics-in-chur-opts-for-multifunctional-campus-card/
LEGIC contactless smart cards
The AUDI AG
multifunctional ID is one such hybrid solution. The LEGIC chip
that functions contact-free is, together with the antenna,
concealed on the inside of the ID card. The chip with the contact
is attached to the back of the ID. This solution is then used to
give certain cleared employees access to IT systems and
E-business applications for example
LEGIC Identsystems
Ltd, with headquarters in Switzerland, is a world leader in the
design and manufacture of 13.56MHz contactless smart card
technology. Their product portfolio includes highly integrated
LEGIC RF Standard and ISO 15693 and ISO 14443 compliant
read/write chip sets. Security Modules and transponder chips for
integration into third party products
http://www.cr80news.com/news/2004/11/10/car-maker-audi-ag-uses-legic-allinone-contactless-card/
Smart
Card Readers
Mobile
Biometric Readers
SMI's software will enable organizations to quickly and
cost-effectively extend the capabilities of their current
security systems to mobile environments where they can be used by
security officials who operate beyond fixed checkpoints,
personnel manning temporary entry portals, and first
responders answering emergency calls. Datastrip's DSVII-SC is
the first biometric smart card reader to offer SMI's software as
an option
SMI's mobile identity verification application enables
data on smart cards, prox cards, HID iCLASS cards, bar codes
or other credentials decoded by the Datastrip DSVII-SC to be
compared against an organization's access control system or other
core database to confirm the identity of the cardholder. The SMI
software also allows in-house identity data to be transferred
to an on-board DSVII database without custom programming.
SMI's mobile mustering application enables organizations
to use the DSVII-SC to easily compare a list of employees who
entered the office using an access credential during the day with
a list of employees who have left the building and assembled
to be registered as evacuated in an emergency
scenario. Data collected by the DSVII will be automatically
transmitted to the host application and cross-referenced in real
time, providing valuable information for rescue efforts by first
responders
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060925005260&newsLang=en
Enterprise Air hand held scanners for ID -- June 4, 2006
www.enterpriseair.com
" Using secured hand held devices to host its
software, Enterprise Air creates mobile solutions that
enable law enforcement officers, emergency response workers and
other authorized personnel to scan badges,
verify
ID credentials,
check license plate numbers and run ad-hoc checks on individuals
from any location. Information can be transmitted to a central
server [ Ed: databank ]
for processing."
Through its JETT.PACK application hardware interface, Two
Technologies (www.2t.com) can integrate virtually any
sensor or communication device into a variety of its Pack Ready
hand held computers. With the JETT.PACK option,
Enterprise Air was able to build an interchangeable ID card
reader that integrates into Two Technologies’ most
powerful and rugged handheld computer, the JETT.XL.
This enabled the development of a compact, one-piece
Mobile ID Card Reader that was both
rugged and user-friendly.
http://www.prleap.com/pr/37048/
“The JETT.XL allows us to offer our Mobile ID Card
Reader as a convenient, one-piece unit without any add-ons to
accommodate additional peripherals,” explains Michael
Hejtmanek, Founder & CEO, Enterprise Air.
“No other hand held computer on the market could
offer us this capability.”
http://www.clickpress.com/releases/Detailed/13555005cp.shtml
Laptops with smart card readers
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/business/story.html?id=20756151-0d2d-49c0-9179-9846a293c7c7
RIM Blackberry Smart Card Reader
http://www.military-information-technology.com/article.cfm?DocID=1490
MiniSmart .. world's smallest smart card reader
http://www.idtechproducts.com/
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0GZQ/is_14_46/ai_n13829217
Also by Fall of 2006, Tag and Track Readers required -- June 7,
2008
Tag and
Track System and Location
The "Tag and Track" system will provide a
flexible, rapidly deployable assisted-GPS / GSM location-based
service including an innovative integrated RFID technology that
enables a wide array of customizable applications.
Our customers will deploy a portable receiver or reader
devices network whether inside or outside a building which will
be used to pick up the signal transmitted by our
"Tag and Track" Tracker with its integrated RFID
Tag. The device is about the size of a cell phone. This system
was originally conceived/developed on a Special Police Forces
request from the French Ministry of the Interior.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060606/phtu020.html?.v=57
The
OMNIKEY CardMan 3121 --June 23, 2006
The OMNIKEY CardMan 3121 smart card readers will work in
conjunction with the Pension Fund’s employee ID
card, which includes digital signature functions, to
improve efficiencies.
All citizens will be able to securely access the services from
their own PC provided they have a certificate on a smart
card, obtainable from one of the accredited suppliers
listed on the German Pension Fund’s website, and a
smart card reader.
http://www.securitydocumentworld.com/public/news.cfm?&m1=c_10&m2=c_6&m3=e_0&m4=e_0&subItemID=611
SmartTRANS Readers --
June 11, 2006 www.smart-id.com
The SmartTRANS
reader provides a transition path from existing
proprietary legacy 125 kHz Prox technologies to open standards
ISO14443 technologies. It combines ISO14443 technologies, such as
Mifare, DESFire and PIV, and 125 kHz Prox technologies in one
reader, and provides flexible configurable output formats and
output protocols. The SmartTRANS accepts a wide range power
supply voltages from 4.5 to 16 Volts DC.
The reader is intended to add value to an existing
infrastructure rather than replace it.
http://www.usingrfid.com/briefs/archive.asp?action=read&bid=757
SmartMetric issues
smart card with onboard fingerprint scanner __June 20,
2006
We believe our technology to be the ultimate solution for
safe, assured financial authorizations
Powerful, yet powerfully simple, the card eliminates the need for
manual data entry in all kinds of Web-based financial
transactions. Yet its security cannot be circumvented by any
conventional means. The user simply slides the card through a USB
card reader, then touches a fingerprint scanner embedded into the
card's surface. The card automatically matches the impression
with the digital fingerprint signature stored on the card. Once
the identity of the user is established, payment is authorized.
In recent months, Wall
Street-based SmartMetric has gained
attention for its technology from financial institutions,
corporations, even the federal government. The company's
breakthrough wallet-sized device is similar in size and thickness
to a conventional credit card; on the card, however, is a
microchip/sensor unit capable of reading any fingerprint, even
ones that are dirty or calloused
The SmartMetric card not
only eliminates the need to enter PINs, account numbers or other
personal information, but also it creates new options for banks
and savings and loans. "The SmartMetric card can
turn PCs into ATMs," he states. "With
authorization virtually assured, funds can be safely transferred
over the Internet onto debit cards -- in effect an 'electronic
purse.' This kind of use has been proven for years in Europe,
where 'chip cards' are a common way of carrying electronic
money."
http://www.finextra.com/fullpr.asp?id=9962
More
news
SMART CARDS--embedded
microchip in plastic card
EMV = EuroPay MasterCard Visa
PC Computer and smart cards -- June 19, 2006 http://www.smartcards.frost.com
Currently, smart
cards are linked to a computer network only through a reader or
terminal-side application that has Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) support. As newer platform
specifications support TCP/IP, vendors will be able to integrate
smart cards directly into the computer network and
negate the need for complex terminal-side infrastructure
"The platform
in this market will either be flexible and open or proprietary
and secure," explains Paul. "The flexible platform will
be suitable for applications such as global system for mobile
communication (GSM) and transit applications, whereas the secure
platform is likely to be utilized for payment and identification
applications."
Smart Cards Platform
Market is part of the Smart Card subscription and it
evaluates four major smart cards platforms -- Java card, [ed:
biometric visuals and audio prints ]
MULTOS, [ ed: multiapplication]
MIFARE, and
FELICA. [ ed: near field communication nfc ]
This study provides an overview of the smart cards platforms
market and thoroughly examines GSM, payment, government ID,
national ID and transit ID applications. Executive summaries and
analyst interviews are available to the press.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-14-2006/0004380236&EDATE=
Interoperability of smart cards -- Dec 2004
Bob Donelson : working with Dept. of Interior and Homeland
Security ( access ); also the Vet Admin. ( VA) and Transportation
( fare-access) APTA
The department
plans to issue cards to all its employees, as well as to
firefighters, police and other emergency personnel that need
access to DOI facilities. By late 2005, the DOI expects it will
have ordered and issued up to 70,000 cards
The technological
groundwork for the smart card program is defined in the
Government Smart Card Interoperability Specification (GSC-IS), developed by
the Government Services Administration and the National Institute
of Standards and Technology. This standard was created to ensure
the interoperability of contactless and contact smart cards throughout the federal government.
We initially created the DESFire chip as
an upgrade to the Mifare chip so that the chip could handle more
applications, such as contactless payments
and enhanced security features,
http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/1295/1/1/
FGS FacePrint Global Solutions
Icomsat fingerprint e-DNA card-- Feb. 21, 2005
The combination of
smart card and e-DNA(R) technologies will have a dramatic impact
on identity recognition, security access, and cryptographic
applications. From ID cards, passports, drivers' licenses, social
security cards, medical and insurance records, to work permits,
resident alien cards, club memberships, voter cards, student ID,
and pilots' licenses, its possibilities are endless. Banks,
correctional facilities and personnel agencies will
largely benefit from this technology.
http://www.contactlessnews.com/news/2005/02/17/fgs-secures-exclusive-rights-to-biofingerprint-smart-card/
Smart Cards to replace passwords -- Nov. 18, 2004
Smart cards
contain a microchip that stores data. They have been used in cell
phones and for online banking, among
other things. Biometric technology is based on recognizing people's unique
physical characteristics, such as facial structure or
fingerprints, to authenticate identity.
Ed:
Will one factor be the chip in the right hand or forehead ?
We're doing better
security now, but we still depend on usernames and passwords as a
way of getting online. We now have the technology for the
end-user to have two-factor authentication. We expect to see security grow"
and to see different security techniques being used together,
Schmidt said, adding that people had to accept the need to supply
more credentials.
http://msn-cnet.com.com/Gates%3A+Forget+your+passwords/2100-1029_3-5454719.html?part=msn-cnet&subj=ns_2510&tag=mymsn
" Verified with Visa " SmartCard; MC "OneSmart
PayPass" etc. -- Nov. 2, 2004
Chip and PIN technology
Meanwhile, MasterCard
announced a chip card that incorporates RFID technology to allow
for "contactless" payments like the
Oyster smartcard used on the London
underground train network.
The card has RFID technology embedded into the card, which
interacts with a terminal. The payment is then cleared in the
same way as a normal transaction.
MasterCard said the first cards and terminals are ready for
testing by banks and merchants.
Contactless payments are
most powerful in places where speed is of the essence - such as
in quick-serve restaurants, petrol stations and tollways.
Cardholders simply tap their PayPass-enabled card on the PayPass
reader and are on their way."
http://www.microscope.co.uk/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=134762&liArticleTypeID=1&liCategoryID=6&liChannelID=2
2&liFlavourID=2&sSearch=&nPage=1
European Interoperability cards -- June 2006
IDABC
stands for Interoperable Delivery of European
eGovernment Services to public
Administrations, Businesses and Citizens.
http://europa.eu.int/idabc/
http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/chapter/3
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/eeurope/2005/index_en.htm
Interoperability of Smart Cards ...EMV (EuroPay, MasterCard,
Visa)
Thales eSecurity
http://www.thales-esecurity.com/Solutions/EMV_smartcard.shtml
Mondex Smart Cards by Hitachi ( who embedded the Euro with rfid
chips)-- Feb. 2004
http://www.hitachi.ca/product_mondex.asp
Bahrain (June 04) First Arab country, Malaysia and Hong Kong on
smart cards -- Feb.10, 2004
United Arab Emirates soon to follow; Britain in October 04
Bahrain
plans to introduce by June a national identity card
embedded with a smart chip that would store a wealth
of personal and administrative data.
Britain also
announced in October it would implement a compulsory national ID
card, citing the need to be in harmony with similar programmes in
other European Union states.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E3B6121A-6CC8-4A2A-8549-7AB714FE4677.htm
OneSmart MasterCard
e-business solution ( Mondex electronic cash) e-commerce
https://hsm2stl101.mastercard.net/public/login/ebusiness/smart_cards/one_smart_card/index.jsp
Cashless Smart Cards
http://allafrica.com/stories/200407220270.html
CANARIE secure internet payment ( Mondex)
http://www.efc.ca/pages/media/netcash.10jul97.html
Subdermal VeriPay for cashless transactions -- Nov. 22, 2003 (see
Rev. 13)
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35766
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Global Currency without Gold ?? J Wanneski
"And if the
euro can replace the franc, mark and lira, why can't a
new world currency merge the dollar, euro and yen?
The euro's recent recovery against the dollar almost certainly
establishes its credibility as a permanent currency. While major
eurozone economies remain troubled, practically no one so far is
blaming the European Central Bank.
This suggests success for the grandest reform of all, a
supra-national central bank. The ECB Executive Board
and Governing Council could yet become political targets, of
course, especially if much-discussed deflation actually sets in.
But even with strikes in Germany and France, few politicians seek
a way out in a little more inflation or currency depreciation;
few complain about the loss of "monetary sovereignty."
http://www.wanniski.com/showarticle.asp?articleid=2732
Cue Cat Barcode Reader -- David Icke
The Privacy Foundation has
serious privacy concerns about the product because the :CRQ
software, which accompanies the :CueCat device, appears
to transmit all of the information that Digital:Convergence would
need in order to record every bar code that every user scans.
This tracking feature of the :CRQ software could be used by the
company to profile an individual user.
Profiling
is typically used by Internet marketing companies to
provide personalized ads targeted to an individual. The :CueCat
tracking ability does not appear to be disclosed in
the documentation or privacy policy that accompanies the product.
In addition, there is no disclosure of what is currently
being done with the bar code scan information once it
arrives at the company.
The tracking feature is
made possible because a unique ID number is assigned to each user
when they register their :CueCat with Digital:Convergence. This
unique ID number is sent to Digital:Convergence servers along
with a bar code number each time a bar code is scanned. This ID
number was observed both by investigators with the Privacy
Foundation and by other outside researchers. This ID
number could be associated with personal information and
demographic information that the user supplies during product
registration.
We recommend
that Digital:Convergence provide a patch that disables the ID
number for current users. The company and its partners –
including Radio Shack, Wired, and Forbes – should notify
users of the existence of the tracking potential, and the
availability of the patch to remove it. In addition, we recommend
that future shipments of the product have the user ID number
feature disabled.
http://www.davidicke.net/mindcontrol/subliminal/cue/cue092400a.html
Indentix
and Visionics merge..... Feb. 22-2002
http://ir.shareholder.com/vsnx/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=72827
Visionics installs IBIS mobile ID system to Salt Lake City police
http://ir.shareholder.com/vsnx/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=71765
Hi-Tech Driver License ID
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=604447
Implantable Chip makes first run at personal ID
http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20020215S0046
Medical
Chip
http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/01/22/microchip.heart/index.html
Brain cells and Silicon learn to get along...Jan 9-2002
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/medicine/article/0,12543,188378,00.html
Digital Angel set to fly soon...Dec 19-2001
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=23232
EDS Advanced Smart Cards issued for Dept. of Defense
(DoD)
http://www.eds.com/news/news_release_template.shtml?rowid=2339
ADS Verichip
http://www.bvalphaserver.com/article.php?sid=1941
Too Late To Stop National ID
http://toogoodreports.com/column/reader/gay/112901.htm
Wi-Fi detector
http://www.smartid.com.sg/
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