Apocalyptic Hope
Privacy Issues and the
Chip
thecouriermail.news.com
http://lighthouseseminars.com/gilbane_sf_06/presentations/Robert_Brownstone_EDRM-2.pdf
How RFID tags could be used to track unsuspecting people--by
Katherine Albrecht -- 9-2-08
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=how-rfid-tags-could-be-used&print=true
Microchiping our privacy away --Feb. 4, 2008 ( good images )
http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/technology/02/04/0204rfid.html
RFID tags everywhere, monitoring, networking ( GRAPHIC)
http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/technology/02/04/WEB0204aprfid.html
Hidden data comes back to bite
http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/story/0,20797,18258230-8362,00.html
VeriChip ---- our
concern here at Apocalyptic Hope is not one of privacy ( although
that IS a problem )
our concern is not one of medical " incompatibility"
nor physical detriment , although that too IS a problem.
Our main concern is the fact that an implantable chip in the
Right Hand or forehead--- that enables all financial transactions
( with the name, number and image of the beast ) and opens up all
databases ---
will irreversibly commit one's soul to the Lake of Fire for all
eternity. Revelation 14:
9-11.
You can either believe that and refuse the VeriChip in the Right
hand or forehead.....
or you can take the chip and find out in eternity ---- when it is
too late--- that what God says does come to pass.
The choice is yours.
Checking out Pascal's Wager
http://poptop.hypermart.net/testbp.html
http://www.ahherald.com/pastor/pc000914.htm
Excellent
site on Privacy
EPIC http://www.epic.org/
Alex
Bard articles
http://www.securitypronews.com/authors/alexbard.html
From the Newswire ..Fair
Educational Use
No privacy for anyone with subdermal chip -- June 18,
2007
"When people understand the vulnerability of
the technology and the absolute lack of any privacy protections
or limits on information that can be broadcast, they understand
why it's a legitimate source of concern," he said. --Sen. Joe
Simitian ( California ) "
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_6164890
The paradox of privacy laws -- June 18, 2007
"When the mark of the beast is implemented there
will be NO privacy for anyone, so all these lawmakers trembling
in their shoes about the loss of privacy and pushing through all
these BIG privacy laws are in for a big surprise. When the
mark of the beast is implemented, everything about you will be
known - NOTHING will be private, not your medical record, not
your birth, not your criminal background, not your ethnic
background, NOTHING will be private..... so - those left behind
should not be surprised when this massive invasion of privacy
occurs because it is already happening in subtle form throughout
our society! "
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/june2007/rene618-1.htm
EPIC : Privacy issues 2007
http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_yir2006.html
Don't implant me
" I am a, mostly, law abiding citizen. I do not take
kindly to people telling me what I can and cannot do. I do
not like people tracking my whereabouts. When I leave my
home, no one knows where I am except “out” and I’d
like to keep it that way. There is not a soul on this
planet that needs to know where I am every moment of every
day. I wear a medic
alert bracelet should something terrible happen to me while
I’m out. If wearing a bracelet versus being implanted
means that those two seconds are the difference between life and
death for me, then I chose death. I will not be tracked and
I will not allow others to decide that I need to be
tracked. Keep your RFID tags and chips and use them to
track Fluffy or your cargo. Do not come near me with them"
http://www.just-a-webpage.com/rantings/?p=152
How your bank account is hacked with Chip and Pin -- Feb. 3, 2007
People who used the chip and PIN facilities at
the BP garage in Brighton Road later found international debits
on their statements,with some people having their accounts
completely emptied. It is thought at least 20 people have fallen
victim to the criminals
Police are now investigating the thefts,but a
spokesman admitted officers were not due to visit the scene for
the first time until yesterday (Wednesday). This is 10 days after
one of the victims reported being scammed
"It seems they are taking small amounts of money from the
accounts, so it's less easy to spot.
I won't be using chip
and PIN anywhere anymore, it's much safer with cash
http://icsurreyonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0800redhillandreigate/tm_headline=petrol-station-customers-hit-by-credit-card-scam&method=full&objectid
=18557207&siteid=50101-name_page.html
How privacy is compromised in the hospital -- Jan. 30,
2007
South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust has confirmed that
its board has agreed that clinicians working in part of its
A&E Department
can share smartcards to access patient
records.
The trust passed the policy after deciding that the lengthy
log-in times, averaging 60-90 seconds, it takes staff to log-on
to the hospital's new patient administration system (PAS) every
time they use it was not acceptable in a busy A&E environment
http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/item.cfm?ID=2449
Medical Records accessed by Remote -- Feb. 3, 2007
http://www.morerfid.com/details.php?subdetail=Report&action=details&report_id=2588&display=RFID
Privacy - Anne Lenoir ... January 2, 2007
The Data Protection Act 1998 has made a mockery
of the principles of fairness and security. It is biased,
misleading, unreliable and there are far too many exemptions for
safety. The aim of this act was not to protect data, but to
legalise data collection regardless of whether such a collection
of data is justified at all and as we all know it is not. What is
more, its 8 principles are inconsistent and incompatible with our
fundamental right to privacy, which make this act unreliable and
counter-productive ...
By failing to ask itself the right questions, the
government has failed to realise that data collection and
processing are responsible for the problems faced by most modern
societies today. The facts remains that data are being used to
commit organised crime (terrorism, ID theft, benefit fraud, forgery,
sell of data, blackmail etc..), malpractice (discrimination,
exclusion etc…) and abuse ( undue control,
manipulation etc…), and this is not surprising
considering the excessive amount of data being collected and
processed everywhere
http://www.rinf.com/columnists/news/how-privacy-is-protected-under-the-law
and forum
http://www.rinf.com/forum/surveillance-society/privacy-and-data-protection-act-2007-t107.0.html
Verichip can be cloned -- Dec. 10, 2006
Westhues first held the RFID reader against Newitz's arm. He then
scanned the tiny device again using an antenna connected to his
laptop in order to record the signal transmitted by the implanted
device. Westhues then waved the RFID reader by the antenna,
revealing Newitz’s until then "unique" ID.
This information is enough to produce a cloned chip, the hackers
claim.
"Their [VeriChip's] website claims that it cannot be
counterfeited — that is something that Jonathan and I have
shown to be untrue," Newitz said, adding that the tiny RFID
chip used by VeriChip contains no built-in security (such as a
challenge response mechanism) that prevents the attack.
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/07/25/verichip_cloned/
Can RFID invade your privacy ? Dec. 7, 2006
http://www.forbes.com/logistics/2006/12/05/privacy-rfid-tags-biz-logistics-cx_rm_1207rfid.html
What is Privacy ? Nov. 2006
In some cases, a simple Google search can reveal
what you think. Like it or not, increasingly we live in a world
where you simply cannot keep a secret.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15221095/
The simple act of surrendering a telephone
number to a store clerk may seem innocuous — so much so that
many consumers do it with no questions asked. Yet that one action
can set in motion a cascade of silent events, as that data point
is acquired, analyzed, categorized, stored and sold over and over
again. Future attacks on your privacy may come from anywhere,
from anyone with money to purchase that phone number you
surrendered
there is abundant evidence that
people live their lives ignorant of the monitoring, assuming a
mythical level of privacy.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15221095/page/2/
Better 10 guilty persons escape than one innocent
person suffer” is a phrase made famous by British jurist
William Blackstone, whose work is often cited as the base of U.S.
common law, and is invoked by the U.S. Supreme Court when it
wants to discuss a legal point that predates the Constitution.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15221095/page/3/
Waking up to a Surveillance Society -- Nov. 2, 2006
The level of surveillance will increase even further in the next
10 years, which could result in a growing
number of people being discriminated against and excluded
from society, says a report by the Information
Commissioner, Richard Thomas.
Future developments could include microchip implants to
identify and track individuals, facial recognition cameras
fitted into lampposts, and unmanned surveillance aircraft ( ED:
drones, UAVs ) , predict the report’s authors.
Today I fear that we are in fact waking up to a surveillance society that is already all
around us.”
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=712744
Climate of Suspicion -- Nov. 2, 2006
“As ever more information is collected, shared and
used, it intrudes into our private space and leads to decisions
that directly influence people’s lives. Mistakes
can also easily be made with serious consequences —
false matches and other cases of mistaken identity, inaccurate
facts or inferences, suspicions taken as reality and breaches of
security
ED: highly questionable quote ....
“Surveillance is not a malign plot hatched by evil powers to
control the population. "
[ ED: One has to seriously
question the truth of that statement . Most people feel that the
opposite is true ] .
"The report gave warning that the extent of
surveillance seems to indicate a world where the citizen is not
trusted"
An automatic number plate recognition system that is used by
police in Hertfordshire gives access to up to 40 nationally or
locally held databases when tracking a vehicle, the report said.
With an estimated 4.2 million closed-circuit televisions in
Britain — one for every 14 people — a person can be
captured on more than 300 cameras each day
Consumer data are being divided into four categories;
geographic, demographic, psychographic — which concerns
aspects of a person’s class and values — and consumer
behaviour.
Transactions involving the use of a credit card, mobile phone,
the internet and bank cards provide trails linked to an
individual or type of person, the report said
Elderly people suffering from degenerative diseases have
had the chip implanted in their body so carers can locate them
quickly, the report said.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,19509-2433304,00.html
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,19509-2433304_2,00.html
The Death of Privacy -- June 7, 2006
http://www.huntingtonnews.net/columns/060605-cicero-comment.html
Privacy vs. Convenience -- May 2, 2006
Cohn said Unisys' thesis was that a single, general
strategy for ID authentication that could be adopted by
businesses and governments -- and was interoperable worldwide --
would be more efficient than the varying systems now in place
.What the study found was that in every region of the world,
people would accept an identification strategy such as the use of
a multipurpose ID or smart card that could serve as a driver's
license and an ATM card and could be used to pay tolls or for
border crossings, Cohn said. A person's health records could also
be put on it, he said.
"So it's a secure ID that can store multi-application data
for multiple purposes," Cohn said. "And they put right
on there digital certificates -- PKI certificates -- for
encryption and authentications. So now that same card can be used
for internet commerce to prove you are who you claim to be. This
card could be used for 14 different purposes. We've issued about
17 million to people in Malaysia who voluntarily choose what they
want their card to be used for. Other countries are doing it as
well, but these systems are not interoperable."
http://www.pcworld.ca/news/article/f030f64f0a01040800577d95ffec9927/pg0.htm
VeriChip and Privacy debate -- March 15, 2006
"VeriChip Corp. of Delray Beach, Fla., is
selling kits containing scanners and the large-bore needles used
to insert the chips, and recommending that doctors charge
patients about $200 each.
"This device is intended to uniquely number
humans. It's embedded in the flesh, and it's permanent. It can be
read without someone's knowledge and consent," McIntyre
said. "Scanners can be installed in doorways or ceiling
tiles to track people's comings and goings without people even
being aware it's happening. That's not so far off."
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11817138/
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11817138/page/2/
European Commission :
Data Retention Directive --
February 7, 2006
"Concerns about the privacy of personal information
remain high on the agenda beyond the United States, with
Europeans subject to a new law obliging companies to retain data
on communications, while the more authoritarian
governments in Asia regularly scrutinize their
citizens.
In Europe, online privacy now hinges primarily on the Data
Retention Directive passed by the European Commission
late last year, said Ian Brown, a senior
research manager at the Cambridge-MIT Institute.
"The directive really makes it a lot easier
for governments and companies in Europe to learn about who is
doing what on the Internet," Brown said. "The problem
with the requirement to store online data is
that it can easily be misused."
The directive calls for Internet service
providers and telephone companies in all 25 members of the
European Union to retain information on all communications,
including the source, destination, time and duration. For mobile
phones, companies must also track the location of callers when
they make or receive calls
You can already see the privacy debate moving to the realm
of automated massive data mining," [ Johnathan] Zittrain
said. "When governments begin to suspect people
because of where they were at a certain time, it can get very
worrying."
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/06/business/privacyside.php
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Privacy
of Verichip discussed at HHS meeting -- Jan. 18,
2005
Dr. Richard Seelig, Vice President of Medical
Applications, presented (upon request) before a hearing held by
the Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality of the
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), a
statutory public advisory body to the Secretary of Health and
Human Services (HHS).
Our customers (as well as hospitals, physicians and other
healthcare providers) demand that VeriChip's convenience and
usefulness not be compromised by privacy concerns," said Michael
Krawitz, Applied Digital's Chief Privacy Officer.
"Recently, Scott R. Silverman, the Company's Chief Executive
Officer, laid out the six initial privacy points for the
VeriChip technology. We believe our leadership role in addressing
privacy issues in the RFID arena will continue to grow."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050118/185413_1.html
Six Point Privacy
Statement made by Applied Digital
Six-Point Privacy Statement -- Nov. 22, 2004
1. VeriChip should ( does not say
"will" ) be voluntary and
voluntary only. No person, no employer, no government should
force anyone to get "chipped."
misleading....
it will be REQUIRED for all basic purchases, including
food
2. Privacy must be a
priority at the highest levels of our organization and as such we
will have a Chief Privacy Officer who, with privacy experts, will
be charged with addressing the day-to-day global evolution of
this technology.
misleading.....
no encryption
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/9154114.htm
3. We will immediately
address privacy and patients' rights in all consumer, distributor
and medical documents related to VeriChip
4. VeriChip subscribers are
able have their chip removed and discontinued at any time.
This
is disconcerting. Although technically one might
possibly have it removed, will it eventually require the
severing of the right hand, due to a gangrenous sore ( see Rev.
16:2 ) ? Not a desirable "removal".
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/9154114.htm
5. Privacy means different
things to different people, so only the VeriChip customer should
designate the groups that may have access to his or her database
information.
6. We pledge to thoughtfully,
openly and considerately engage government, privacy groups, the
industry and consumers to assure that the adoption of VeriChip
and RFID technology is through education and unity rather than
isolation and division.
comment:
"assurance" is not a guarantee.
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Nov/1096005.htm
R. Chirgwin of
Commsworld states that the Verichip has no capcity for
encryption, since encryption needs
RAM and processing power, neither of which is possible with a
passive rfid chip.
* * * * And
this article .....
" Solustat Medica SA, are still
running an insecure web site which allows users of this
system to betray to any attacker on the internet, the user
accounts and passwords which allow access to their medical
records.
The >security problems
we tried to highlight in November 2003 are still there. If they
cannot secure medical records from the internet, then what chance
have they got against corrupt or coerced employees ?
http://www.spy.org.uk/spyblog/archives/000397.html
Commenting on
Government's Meeting on VeriChip's Privacy -- Jan. 18, 2005
From the Five
Doves Message Board :
" On Tuesday Jan. 18th, Dr. Seelig and Mr. Krawitz went
before a government panel to convey assurance in the
confidentiality of the VeriChip. While that assurance is only in
statements--- and not in encryption--- one has to wonder how
private the chip really is .
But the issue of privacy is Not the
focus for Believers , whenever a subdermal chip morphs
into the 666 Mark of the Beast.
The main issue concerning the 666 Mark of the Beast
( a subdermal rfid chip in the right hand or forehead)
is not one of privacy .... although that IS a problem.
Neither is the main concern one of biological "
incompatibility" or physical detriment , although that too
IS a problem.
The main objection to taking the rfid subdermal 666 Mark of the
Beast chip is the fact that an implantable chip in the Right
Hand or forehead -----that enables all
global financial transactions ( associated with the
name, number and image of the beast ) and
opens up all databases ----will
irreversibly commit one's self to the Lake of Fire for all
eternity. Revelation 14:
9-11.
For the Believer, that is the main focus. We cannot
take such a chip because it is forbidden in Scripture
and constitutes disobedience, resulting in the severest of
judgements--- the loss of one's soul for all eternity.
That is the reason ---and the real reason -- for not taking
the subdermal 666 chip when it arrives.
Privacy and health-concerns are not the main reasons, and
pale by comparison.
Let's just suppose ---for arguments sake--- that they made the
subdermal rfid chip totally secure from any outside interference.
Would that make it all right to place it in the right hand or
forehead ? Obviously NOT.
What if they made the subdermal chip so that there were no
adverse health effects from its chemicals ( polymers and lithium
) ? Would we then take the 666 chip in our right hand or forehead
? No, we would not.
We would not take the chip solely because it is forbidden in Rev.
13 and 14.
Obedience is what it is all about. " My sheep hear My
voice" John 10:27
Our Good Shepherd calls us by NAME ...... John 10:3
The System accesses by number.
Maranatha,
Jim Goodrick
Reports
from Privacy expert and watchman .... Richard M. Smith
Internet Express Changes
Web designers may have to change the way
their sites are coded to offer the same seamless experience to
users. Microsoft's next round of security patches, expected April
11, will make changes to the way its browser
handles dynamic content like Flash or QuickTime -- changes that
were made necessary following Microsoft's highly publicized
patent dispute with Eolas Technologies.....
Most of the pain from the IE update will
be felt by Web developers who may find themselves scrambling to
implement the work-arounds. "Once this rolls out to
everybody, suddenly things that used to work automatically will
have to be manually done," said Richard Smith, an Internet
security consultant based in Boston. "The bottom line is Web
sites are going to have a lot of work to do here."
http://www.digitmag.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=5637
MS "Active X" flawed, pervasive -- Jan. 31, 2006
New data collected by at least one notable
security researcher suggests that as much as 50
percent of all computers powered by Microsoft Windows might
contain one or more non-Microsoft components that could allow
malicious Web sites to seize control of them.
As it turns out, a poorly designed ActiveX control
distributed by a Fortune 500 company that most consumers already
trust can be just as dangerous as a malicious control foisted by
a dodgy Web site. According to estimates by Richard M. Smith,
a privacy and security consultant at Boston Software
Forensics, more than half of all Windows PCs contain
one or more ActiveX controls which allow for system takeover from
malicious Web pages.
Smith's tool checks ActiveX controls to see if
they appear vulnerable to so-called "buffer
overflow" flaws, relatively common and easily
preventable programming errors that can cause a program to crash
or allow it to be exploited by attackers. (Smith said he did not
attempt the time-consuming process of developing an exploit for
each ActiveX control he found with telltale signs of a buffer
overflow problem. Rather, his research is based on the assumption
that each flaw he found was potentiallly exploitable.)
In some cases, these insecure controls come
pre-installed on a Windows PC from the factory,"
Smith wrote to CERT. "In other cases, insecure ActiveX
controls are silently installed as part of application
software packages. In most cases, these
insecure controls are being distributed by brand-name, Fortune
500 companies."
Using his diagnostic tools, Smith learned that a
major printer manufacturer is distributing a number of "safe
for scripting" controls with errors which are likely
exploitable. The controls in question are used for
product support and are silently installed by the
application software CD-ROM that accompanies the printer maker's
products
"I would think that if [Smith] is finding a
lot of buffer overflows in these third-party apps, it could open
up a whole new can of worms because in a lot of cases, there's
some serious targetability here based on which company supplied
the control,"
[ Tom ] Liston said.
http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/01/research_buggy_.html
Google
and the government -- Jan. 20, 2006
The government asked Mountain View, Calif.-based
Google, which operates the world's most popular search engine, to
turn over every query typed into its search engine over the
course of one week without providing identifying information
about the people who conducted the searches
While privacy experts said the requests appeared
to have been tailored to try to protect the privacy of the
millions of people who carry out searches, they said
it could set a precedent for more intrusive future government
demands. They also said it raised the question of
just how much information Google stores about consumers.
"The real issue here is, is Google being
deputized to spy on us? In this case, you could maybe argue that
the spying is not that bad, because very little of it is
personally identifiable, but what will the next case be?"
said Richard M. Smith, a Boston-based software engineer who has
written about the Internet age. "It's a terrible precedent."
This is the government's nose under the search engine's tent.
Once we cross this line it will be very difficult to turn
back," said Marc Rotenberg of the
Electronic Privacy Information Center, a District-based nonprofit
group that advocates privacy protections. "If
companies like Google respond to this kind of subpoena . . . I
don't see why the next subpoena might not say, 'Give us what we
asked for the last time -- plus a little more.'
Google has always been a kind of ticking privacy bomb
because Google retains personally identifiable
information," he added. "Even though Google
may intend to protect online privacy, there will be circumstances
beyond their control that will place Internet users at
risk, and they include government warrants, as
in this case, or future security breaches which have plagued the
financial services sector over the past couple of
years."
The government argued that the Google data would, among
other things, help it to understand what Web sites people can
find using a search engine,
Aden J. Fine, a staff attorney for the American
Civil Liberties Union, which is part of a group that opposed the
1998 law in court on grounds that it violated the First
Amendment, said Google was right to resist the demand.
"This is the latest example where the government
seems to think they are entitled to get all sorts of information
without providing an adequate justification," Fine said.
"They have not explained exactly what they are going to do
with this information and exactly why they need it. Until they do
that, they are not entitled to get this information."
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/01/20/1301729.htm
White House and NSA Cookies -- Dec. 30, 2005
Web software security specialist Richard M. Smith
and the Associated
Press reported that the White House web
site, through a web analytics contractor called WebTrends, was
using cookies that were specifically banned by a two-year-old
directive issued from the Office of Management and Budget.
Associated Press writer Anick Jesdanun wrote that while the White
House doesn’t issue cookies, it employs a tiny graphic image
called a “web bug” sent by
WebTrends that allows the company to know when a specific page is
viewed on the White House site.
Mr. Smith and the AP reported earlier this week that the
National Security Agency’s web site was issuing cookies to
web visitors (see NSA Caught Serving Cookies).
The NSA said that the cookies were being distributed unbeknownst
to the NSA staff because of a recent software upgrade. The agency
said it had taken care of the problem.
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=15101&hed=White+House+Crumbles+a+Cookie
NSA
Cookies -- Dec. 29, 2005
The NSA ended its cookie distribution
when a privacy activist and the Associated Press started asking
questions about the cookie placements. An NSA spokesperson told
the AP that a recent software upgrade at the agency created a new
cookie-producing facility. The software added cookies to web
surfers’ hard drives that carried 2035 expiration dates.
Posting long-term cookies on web surfers’ hard drives is a
direct violation of a June 2000 policy recommendation issued by
the Office of Management and Budget that bans such activities.
Back in August [ 2005] the FCC limited the requirement to
“facilities-based broadband Internet access service
providers and VoIP providers that offer services permitting users
to receive calls from, and place calls to, the public switched
telephone network (PSTN)” (see Wiretap Rules
SplitVoIP).
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=15085&hed=NSA+Caught+Serving+Cookies
ARTICLES
Digitized Health Records -- Jan. 18, 2005
The study was delivered to the Bush administration's
national health information technology coordinator, Dr.
David Brailer, who had asked for such
recommendations.
President Bush has spoken frequently about the need to move to
electronic health records and last May appointed Brailer to the
new post of health information technology coordinator.
"More aggressive leadership at the national level is
needed, and time is of the essence," Dr. Blackford
Middleton, chairman of the Center for Technology Leadership and
an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School.
In a commentary accompanying the Health Affairs article, Laurence
Baker, an associate professor at Stanford Medical School,
questioned the authors' assumptions about savings from reduced
labor costs and the elimination of redundant tests. He called the
study's conclusions a "very optimistic assessment." http://news.com.com/Prescription+for+digitized+health+records/2100-1013_3-5541528.html
FDA approves ID chips in patients -- Oct. 2004
http://news.com.com/FDA+approves+injecting+ID+chips+in+patients/2100-7337_3-5408223.html?tag=st.rn
from Business Wire
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050118006253&newsLang=en
Connecting for Health http://www.connectingforhealth.org/
American
Health Management www.ahima.org
Medical
Information www.amia.org
ID Chips and Hospitals
http://news.com.com/Under-the-skin+ID+chips+move+toward+U.S.+hospitals/2100-7337_3-5285815.html?tag=st.rn
The Privacy Foundation
http://www.privacyfoundation.org/
Chip
Implants: Privacy Scare
The core ethical issue is
privacy concerns: the fear that you will be penalized if the
wrong people — your boss, your insurer, maybe police
agencies — get information about you," Caplan says.
"But it is not clear right now how the chip technology puts
that in peril."
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,163983,00.html
The
core issue is whether you will obey God's command to refuse the
666 Mark of the Beast found in Rev. 14: 9-11.
The VeriChip: Issues and Concerns -- Lee Tien
http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/37058/The_VeriChip_Issues_and_Concerns.html
Digital
Birth Certificate -- Aug. 16, 2005
TALLAHASSEE —
Imagine a virtual "thumbprint" that attaches your time
and place of birth to your photo and iris scans — one of
millions collected, warehoused and monitored by the watchful eye
of Big Brother
"It is
as Orwellian as you imagine it to be, and should be
frightening," said Oscar Gandy, a professor at the
University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communications
who specializes in technology and public policy
The proposal comes in response
to a law quietly passed on the last day of this year's
legislative session [ Florida]
and signed by Gov. Jeb Bush.
The law, which focuses on making family courts more efficient,
includes a provision requiring a board of court-related officials
to come up with a mechanism to create a "unique personal
identifier" to recognize individuals in court cases — a
step toward eliminating Social Security numbers as ID numbers.
After Jan. 1, state [ Florida] law mandates that Social Security numbers be kept
confidential in court records.
"I think it's very, very
bad for security," said Bruce Schneier, a security
technologist and consultant. "It brings us one step closer
to a police state."
Ken Aull, architect of the digital birth certificate, said his
plan will make citizens safer because the biometrically coded
record allows people's bodies to prove they are who they
say they are.
In the past, more and more
information became "attached" to individuals as they
aged — addresses, telephone numbers, Social Security
numbers, driver licenses and credit information.
Aull wants to separate all such information, which he calls "privileges,"
from the unique information that identifies a person, such as
iris scans. He said his identifier would be so
individual-specific that no one else can assume it, resulting in
an "unforgeable" private key
Ed
: Jeremiah 5:31 "the people love to have it so"
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None of that may matter to
most people, the experts acknowledge, as Americans seem more willing to give up their privacy rights since the
Sept. 11 attacks.
"We will take... all of your private and intimate details
away and put them somewhere where other people can see
them," said Melissa Ngo of EPIC. "People become so used
to not having privacy that more and more privacy is taken
away."
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/state/content/state/epaper/2005/08/13/m1a_digital_0813.html gs
Lifelong identifier -- July 28, 2005
"It is clear there are
philosophical consequences to having a lifelong implanted
identifier. Friends and associates have commented that I am now
’marked’ and lost my anonymity. Several colleagues find
the notice of a device implanted under the skins to be
dehumanizing
http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/informationstechnologie/bericht-47130.html
Concerns of Privacy -- June
27, 2005
Privacy concerns over the use of radio frequency identification
technology aren't confined to the United States. Officials in
Europe and Asia have completed or are developing guidelines and
directives to ensure that RFID technology is used properly.
Laurant said the chip [
Verichip ] could legitimately be
used by health officials to obtain information, such as blood
type, about an unconscious person and used to treat them. But it
could also be used for more controversial applications such
implanting them in the arms of soldiers who are on special
military missions.
http://www.fcw.com/article89403-06-27-05-Web
No encryption for chip
-- April 4, 2005
http://www.bio-itworld.com/news/040405_report7996.html
California Senator wants rfid out of documents--
March 4, 2005
Joe Simitian’s SB 682 would, “would prohibit identity
documents (including library cards) created, mandated,
or issued by various public entities from containing a
contactless integrated circuit ( Editor: rfid chip ) or
other device that can broadcast personal information or enable
personal information to be scanned remotely”.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=60405010&tid=5978
VeriChips: Privacy is Not the Issue -- Jan. 20, 2005
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/jan2005/jimg120.htm
Privacy of Verichip
discussed at HHS meeting --
Jan. 18, 2005
Dr. Richard Seelig, Vice President of Medical
Applications, presented (upon request) before a hearing held by
the Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality of the National
Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), a statutory
public advisory body to the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (HHS).
Our customers (as well as hospitals, physicians and other
healthcare providers) demand that VeriChip's convenience and
usefulness not be compromised by privacy concerns," said Michael
Krawitz, Applied Digital's Chief Privacy Officer.
"Recently, Scott R. Silverman, the Company's Chief Executive
Officer, laid out the six initial privacy points for the VeriChip
technology. We believe our leadership role in addressing privacy
issues in the RFID arena will continue to grow."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050118/185413_1.html
RFID transmitter
"At this stage it does not seem to be much of a
problem," said David MacDonald, an attorney who practices
privacy law.MacDonald, in a phone interview, suggested that in
the case of any RFID device, an individual could vanish simply by
wearing a transmitter with a stronger signal than the device in
question.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/10497456.htm
Acxiom Database Arkansas -- Dec. 12, 2004
Acxiom Corp. in Little Rock, Ark., maintains a massive database
that combines public records, such as driver's and marriage
licenses, with other details gleaned from things such as magazine
subscriptions. It sells those profiles, or lists of similar
people, to marketers and political campaigns.
What's the harm? Privacy advocates cite how in 1999 Robert Rivera
said he broke his kneecap by slipping on spilled yogurt at a Vons
supermarket in California.
He sued and said the grocery chain threatened to use records,
compiled from his loyalty card, showing he bought large amounts
of alcohol to imply he might not have been sober.
Vons denied making such a threat, but Beth
Givens of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse said the case shows
how databanks might tip the scales against consumers.
"The point is that little by little you're giving someone
else an advantage when you give up information," she said.
"Most people are going to choose on the side of convenience
and cost. But you give up some privacy when you do that
http://springfield.news-leader.com/business/today/1212-Peekingins-248400.html
Verichip appoints Krawitz Chief Privacy Officer -- Nov. 22, 2004
SIX - POINT PRIVACY STATEMENT
The Company's six-point privacy
statement is as follows:
1. VeriChip should be voluntary and voluntary only. No person, no
employer, no government should force anyone to get
"chipped."
2. Privacy must be a priority at the highest levels of our
organization and as such we will have a Chief Privacy Officer
who, with privacy experts, will be charged with addressing the
day-to-day global evolution of this technology.
3. We will immediately address privacy and patients' rights in
all consumer, distributor and medical documents related to
VeriChip
4. VeriChip subscribers are able have their chip removed and
discontinued at any time.
5. Privacy means different things to different people, so only
the VeriChip customer should designate the groups that may have
access to his or her database information.
6. We pledge to thoughtfully, openly and considerately engage
government, privacy groups, the industry and consumers to assure
that the adoption of VeriChip and RFID technology is through
education and unity rather than isolation and division.
As part of Applied Digital's privacy
policy, it has appointed Michael Krawitz to the position
of Chief Privacy Officer.
Mr. Krawitz currently serves as the Company's Executive Vice
President and General Counsel.[ a lawyer ] Krawitz, 35, will work closely with privacy
experts, medical experts and community leaders to immediately
address privacy and patients' rights issues.
"VeriChip's principal attribute is its ability to deliver
information and verification," Krawitz said. "To ensure
that this attribute is a benefit and only a benefit, we are
making privacy our priority and our commitment. It's good
business and it's responsible behavior for a leader in an area of
RFID technology."
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2004/Nov/1096005.htm
Scannable Humans -- Nov. 28, 2004
[ Robert ] Smith, publisher of the Privacy Journal, said
VeriChip technology makes it obvious that no single government
agency has responsibility for safeguarding an individual's
privacy.
"Logically it would be the Justice Department, but it's not
equipped to handle these kinds of questions," he said.
"Most countries have privacy commissions, but we don't. So
decisions about VeriChip are going to be made on the basis of
market factors, not social factors."
Based on the public's willingness to produce photo IDs on demand
and wear employee badges at work, Smith said he wouldn't be
surprised to see VeriChips gain acceptance.
"Marketing and bureaucratic decisions have great force in
this society," he said. "In the past, people were all
too willing to accept convenience in exchange for privacy. Since
Sept. 11, 2001, they are too willing to give up privacy for
perceived ideas about security
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/11/28/Business/Scannable_humans_comp.shtml
Privacy advocates decry chips
-- Oct. 15, 2004
Roger Clarke, a privacy advocate who has been speaking out
against RFID-type technology for more than a decade, said he was
"appalled and stunned" at the naivete of both the
people developing the technology and the way it is being reported
in the general press.
"When I spoke about this in 1994 people said I was going to
extremes and talking nonsense. Now, less than ten years later
they have a commercial product. I cannot understand how naive
people are," said Clarke.
Clarke has argued that although the US solution is a simple
identifier chip and can only be used with the consent of the
patient, it won't be long before the technology goes
mainstream.
We are always going to tag the
institutionalised first -- because they are
prisoners and we have power over them.
But we are also going to tag grandma in the senile dementia
ward," said Clarke.
If we went down the path of putting
RFID tags into driving licenses – which has been suggested
in some parts of the US -- you could have a situation where
anyone with the right equipment could read information from your
licence from a few metres away," Clapperton said.
Any type of RFID chip – whether inserted inside the body, in
a document or item of clothing – will affect an
individual’s privacy, said Clarke.
David Vaile, executive director of the Baker & McKenzie
Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre at the University of NSW, said
the US Patriot Act makes it unclear exactly
which information is protected and which is readily available.
In addition, he said that because RFID chips are unlikely to ever
be removed once they are inserted, and RFID scanners are becoming
more common, the privacy issues are spiralling out of
control.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39163117,00.htm
They want to chip our freedom away
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/talkback.htm?PROCESS=show&ID=20109123&AT=39163117-2000061744t-10000005c
A subdermal database
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/11/wo_kushner111804.asp
VeriChip dehumanizes -- Nov. 8, 2004
The possibility that
the chip will act as surveillance, watching over our every
movement, mustn't be taken lightly. What guarantee do we have
that the VeriChip won't be used against us: that the government,
following every little suspicious activity, could start to
control our lives.People are not meant to be scanned like cans at
a grocery store. The chip won't advance our civilization, but
turn us into nothing more than controlled artificial
intelligences in a tyrannical world. Such barbaric treatment will
dehumanize the evolution of mankind.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2004/11/08/will_chip_advance_civilization/
Serious Privacy Concerns -- Nov. 4, 2004
But there are trade-offs.
"Whenever there's a technology I'm sure somebody figures out
a way to abuseit,"
Kuntz said. Lazzarini said the risks include disclosing too much
information to too many health-care providers. For instance, she
said doctors may not need to know about long-ago conditions such
as drug abuse or mental-health problems. There's also the risk of
improper disclosure by computer hackers who may be malicious or
spying on patients in order to market products or services.
But the technology also could be abused for
even more nefarious purposes, said Lazzarini, a public health
lawyer, associate professor and head of the Division of Medical
Humanities, Health Law and Ethics at the University of
Connecticut Health Center. Employees might be able to track their
workers' movements, and private investigators might be able to
track clients' ex-spouses. And if they can track people, so can
police.
Lazzarini also said there's the risk that
if chip implants are mandated by a few large companies or
institutions other companies might be forced to follow suit, thus
stripping people of the right to make individual decisions. She
cited the possibility of health insurers requiring patients to
use the implanted chips in order to qualify for insurance or
inducing them to do accept the chips in exchange for lower
insurance premiums.
http://www.rep-am.com/story.php?id=11877
Dr. Kenneth Prager --ethics
"I think the ethical issue, the most
important issue really is informed consent. The patient really
has to understand what the pros are, what the cons are, what the
risks are, both in terms of the physical use of the data, and who
will have access to it."
Dr. Prager Chairs the Ethics Committee at Columbia Presbyterian.
http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=2487426
http://www.bioethicscolumbia.org/prager.html
http://www.bioethicscolumbia.org/lerner.html
Chipping Away at Privacy -- Nov. 9, 2003
http://www.suntimes.com/output/business/cst-nws-spy09.html
In the Pursuit of Cybercriminals Real Detectives Turn to Amateurs
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/05/biztech/articles/17cyber.html
Human Chip Implants
"The first
concern is that it will fall into the hands of an evil and
oppressive state," said Laurie Zoloff, a bioethicist in San
Francisco. "If you're thoroughly known, then you can be
thoroughly controlled, because they'll know more about you than
you want to be known."
http://www.techtv.com/siliconspin/features/story/0,23008,3375395,00.html
Newsmax articles on Privacy
http://www.newsmax.com/hottopics/Privacy.shtml
Privacy Advocate Shifts Gears
http://www.wired.com/news/exec/0,1370,48197,00.html
VeriChip to face Privacy issues
If a person who was
"chipped" needed medical attention and was unconscious,
according to Bolton, hospital personnel would do a routine scan
while checking temperature and blood pressure. Paramedics with a
pocket reader or even smaller scanner could upload patient
information onto a database, eliminating the need for
chip-carriers to wear a medical alert bracelet or carry a health
card that can be lost or stolen.
VeriChip has one other
drawback, as Conko sees it: "Having such a product actually
implanted under the skin may legitimately raise concerns for
potential users about privacy. One might be concerned that it
could be turned into a highly sophisticated tracking device to
gather information about the personal habits of the user -- where
they shop, where they travel."
http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbdailynews/news/03/31002_verichip.html (expired)
Articles on Privacy
http://computerbytesman.com/privacy/index.htm
US to weigh Computer
Chip Implant....voluntarily
only---Feb 26-2002
"The
line in the sand that we draw is that the use of the VeriChip
would always be voluntarily," said Keith Bolton, chief
technology officer and a vice president at Applied Digital.
"We would never provide it to a company that intended to
coerce people to use it.".....
"The
problem is that you always have to think about what the device
will be used for tomorrow," said Lee Tien, a senior attorney
for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a privacy advocacy group.
"It's what we call 'function creep'. At first a device is
used for applications we all agree are good, but then it slowly
is used for more than it was intended.", he said
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/02/27/human-computer-chip.htm
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