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  • From: Akka Homestead <akkabhomestead AT yahoo.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Republicans appear to be yesterday
  • Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:21:47 -0700 (PDT)

One man's 'intelligent' is another man's 'kooky'. 

Akka

rayzentz AT aim.com wrote:
> Part of the problem is there aren't enough "intelligent"...
>
> Ray



--- On Mon, 9/15/08, rayzentz AT aim.com <rayzentz AT aim.com> wrote:
From: rayzentz AT aim.com <rayzentz AT aim.com>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Republicans appear to be yesterday
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Monday, September 15, 2008, 3:44 PM

I fine, intellegent mind, honed to razor sharpness, is still not
necessarily one that is correct... or trustworthy. Lots of
intelligent people can write, and write well. The task becomes
ascertaining whether what they write is truth, or fantasy.

Ray






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Don, this is  the article to which I was referring.  They did say
"broadcast", but I had the signals going the wrong way...bobf
 
How RFID Tags Could Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People
A privacy activist argues that the devices pose new security risks to those
who carry them, often unwittingly
By Katherine Albrecht
 

Average consumers may not realize how many RFID tags they carry around. The
devices are embedded in personal items and even some clothing.

Melissa Thomas (photoillustration); Richard Schultz (RFID tags); Sam Jordash
(woman); Burazin (key fob); ©2005 Transport For London (Oyster card);
Identity Stronghold (passport sleeve); Dima Gavrysh AP Photo (Chase blink
credit card); Rolf Vennenbernd DPA/Corbis (EAS/RFID); Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority (SmarTrip card)
Key Concepts
* Radio-frequency identi­fication (RFID) tags are embedded in a
growing number of personal items and identity documents.
* Because the tags were designed to be powerful tracking devices and
they typically incorporate little security, people wearing or carrying them
are vulnerable to surreptitious surveillance and profiling.
* Worldwide, legislators have done little to address those risks to
citizens.
If you live in a state bordering Canada or Mexico, you may soon be given an
opportunity to carry a very high tech item: a remotely readable driver’s
license. Designed to identify U.S. citizens as they approach the nation’s
borders, the cards are being promoted by the Department of Homeland Security
as a way to save time and simplify border crossings. But if you care about
your safety and privacy as much as convenience, you might want to think twice
before signing up.
The new licenses come equipped with radio-frequency identification (RFID)
tags that can be read right through a wallet, pocket or purse from as far
away as 30 feet. Each tag incorporates a tiny microchip encoded with a unique
identification number. As the bearer approaches a border station, radio
energy broadcast by a reader device is picked up by an antenna connected to
the chip, causing it to emit the ID number. By the time the license holder
reaches the border agent, the number has already been fed into a Homeland
Security database, and the traveler’s photograph and other details are
displayed on the agent’s screen



----- Original Message ----
From: Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
To: akkabhomestead AT yahoo.com; homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 7:53:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Conspiracy, Power, Privacy, and THEM

>everything will have a passive, constantly
> broadcasting tag.

Something cannot be passive and constantly broadcasting at the same time.
Broadcasting is an active process.  RFID tags are not powered and are
passive and only respond when triggered by the RF signal of the scanner.
Currently range is limited and the scanners do not do well in discriminating
different devices when they are in close proximity to each other.

Don Bowen  KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html

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