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Tiny chips could be very hard to spot

Tiny chips could be very hard to spot. Especially when “printed” onto product packaging. " The vision is to move from the etched, solid metal antennas to the printed antennas ."

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Tiny chips could be very hard to spot

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  1. Tiny chips could be very hard to spot

  2. Especially when “printed” onto product packaging "The vision is to move from the etched, solid metal antennas to the printed antennas." "Since radio waves travel through most packaging materials, packagers...could print the antenna…inside of the box. They could laminate it inside the package, or print it on the outsideand print over it." – Dan Lawrence, Flint Ink

  3. And they’re getting smaller. Hitachi’s mu-chip contrasted with grains of rice

  4. They can be integrated into paper Inkode’s “chipless tag”: Closeup of Inkode metal fibers embedded in paper

  5. Tags can be sewn into clothing

  6. Hidden in fabric labels(Checkpoint prototype)

  7. Back of Checkpoint clothing label

  8. RFID tag in Checkpoint label

  9. Embedded in shoes

  10. Alien/RAFSEC “C” tag A 6” tag is hard to hide.

  11. 6” Alien/RAFSEC “C” tag inside a box Or is it? Hidden: Sandwiched in cardboard

  12. Alien/RAFSEC “I” Tag This tag (with a 17ft. read range) is easy to spot, right?

  13. Alien/RAFSEC “I” tag in lid of Pantene shampoo bottle Not when “placed inside cap” – an inaccessible location on this flip-top product

  14. Another big tag (4.5”) Alien/RAFSEC “S” Tag

  15. “placed between layers of paper” Alien/RAFSEC “S” Tag in Bag

  16. The government has mandated RFID in passports

  17. Now they’re appearing in credit cards

  18. Traceable CashJapanese yen and Euro banknotemay soon carry RFID chips

  19. Tracking people: The “Verichip” implant(short read range)

  20. Industry has plans to ID shoppers

  21. “Future Store”

  22. Spychip hidden in loyalty card

  23. Threat: Ubiquitous readers Texas Instruments advises retailers to scan customers’ loyalty cards right through their purse or walletSource: http://www.ti.com/tiris/docs/solutions/pos/loyalty.shtml

  24. Source: Checkpoint Systems In ceilings and floors

  25. In doorways Image source: Copytag http://www.copytag.com/2001/active/apps-articles-1.html

  26. Even “Thinking Carpets” Image source: Vorwerk (Germany) http://www.vorwerk.teppich.de/sc/vorwerk/img/bildarchiv/thinking_carpet_1.jpg

  27. Free Market Privacy ActivismWho is guarding the henhouse?

  28. Fair Information Principles IgnoredDirect Marketing Association member companies surveyed: NOTICE: 62% gather personal information without telling customers CHOICE: 74% use customers’ personal data without asking permission (n=365) Source: Milne, George R. and Maria-Eugenia Boza (1998), “A Business Perspective on Database Marketing and Consumer Privacy Practices,” Marketing Science Institute Working Paper No. 98-110. Cambridge, MA: Marketing Science Institute. As cited in: Milne, George R. (2000) “Privacy and Ethical Issues in Database/Interactive Marketing and Public Policy,” Journal of Public Policy and Marketing 19 (Spring), 1-6.

  29. Scandal: Benetton/Philips clothing tagging Tags could not be “killed” as promised Benetton told consumers the tags could be “killed” at checkout, while Philips documentation revealed the tags could only be made “dormant.”

  30. Scandal: The Gillette “smart shelf”

  31. Took a mug shot of every customer

  32. Tags were hidden in Gillette product packaging

  33. Our response: For more details see: www.BoycottGillette.com

  34. Result: Wal-Mart stopped.

  35. Picketers protested Tesco’s spychipped razor blades

  36. Result: Tesco stopped, too.

  37. Scandal: Secret Wal-Mart/P&G trial Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 4-month secret RFID experiment used live consumers. Distant P&G executives used a video camera trained on the shelf to observe shoppers. Both Wal-Mart and P&G repeatedly denied the trials until evidence was produced.

  38. Outcome: Very bad press.

  39. Scandal: Spychipped shopper cards at Future Store

  40. Outcome: Germans protested Rheinberg, Germany February 28, 2004

  41. The program was cancelled.

  42. Scandal: Wal-Mart stepping into item-level tagging.

  43. Outcome: 75 People protested in Dallas just this month

  44. Just for fun:Can you spot the RFID tag on the Hewlett-Packard printer box?Hint: It's "clearly labeled,"  according to HP and Wal-Mart. ©Liz McIntyre

  45. Look closer. Do you see the RFID tag now?

  46. Oh, there it is!

  47. Wal-Mart keeps employees in the dark.A Wal-Mart employee assured us this tag was "Nothing, just a label.“ She also told us the letters 'EPC' didn't mean a thing.

  48. And now there’s a book. "The privacy movement needs a book. I nominate Spychips.” - Marc Rotenberg, EPIC “Spychips "make[s] a stunningly powerful argument against plans for RFID being mapped out by government agencies, retail and manufacturing companies…. This won't be comfortable reading in the IT departments of major retailers and manufacturers, but it is essential.” - Evan Schuman, CIOInsight

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