Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID

@book{citeulike:1401580, abstract = {{RFID, which stands for <strong>Radio Frequency IDentification</strong>, is a technology that uses computer chips smaller than a grain of sand to track items from a distance. And as this mind-blowing book explains, plans and efforts are being made now by global corporations and the U.S government to turn this advanced technology, these spychips, into a way to track our daily activities-and keep us all on Big Brother's short leash. Compiling massive amounts of research with firsthand knowledge, <em><strong>Spychips</strong></em> explains RFID technology and reveals the history and future of the master planners' strategies to imbed these trackers on everything-from postage stamps to shoes to people themselves-and spy on Americans without our knowledge or consent. It also urgently encourages consumers to take action now-to protect their privacy and civil liberties before it's too late.}}, author = {Albrecht, Katherine and Mcintyre, Liz }, citeulike-article-id = {1401580}, howpublished = {Hardcover}, isbn = {1595550208}, keywords = {consumerism, rfid, surveillance}, month = {October}, posted-at = {2007-06-20 21:41:20}, priority = {2}, publisher = {{Thomas Nelson}}, title = {Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID}, url = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20\&amp;path=ASIN/1595550208}, year = {2005} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:1401580 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1401580 TI - Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID PB - {Thomas Nelson} SN - 1595550208 N2 - {RFID, which stands for <strong>Radio Frequency IDentification</strong>, is a technology that uses computer chips smaller than a grain of sand to track items from a distance. And as this mind-blowing book explains, plans and efforts are being made now by global corporations and the U.S government to turn this advanced technology, these spychips, into a way to track our daily activities-and keep us all on Big Brother's short leash. Compiling massive amounts of research with firsthand knowledge, <em><strong>Spychips</strong></em> explains RFID technology and reveals the history and future of the master planners' strategies to imbed these trackers on everything-from postage stamps to shoes to people themselves-and spy on Americans without our knowledge or consent. It also urgently encourages consumers to take action now-to protect their privacy and civil liberties before it's too late.} KW - consumerism KW - rfid KW - surveillance AU - Albrecht, Katherine AU - Mcintyre, Liz PY - 2005/10/04/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&amp;path=ASIN/1595550208 ER -