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  • RFID Passport Pilot Test

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    It seems that the United States’ RFID Passports (which has privacy advocates scared) is finally becoming a reality. According to MSNBC: The US has begun issuing passports that contain biometric information stored on remotely readable microchips, in spite of lingering security and privacy concerns. […] The passport chips contain all the personal information printed inside…

  • Government Punches Google In The Face

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    Bless Google. It seems that our handy-dandy Bush Administration wants to be able to sift through the data Google collects on users’ search results. According to Yahoo News, Google doesn’t like that much. Google says – and I’d have to agree with them – that providing that information is a violation of privacy rights. The…