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Spychips, how major corporations and government plan to track your every purchase and watch your every move, Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre

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Spychips, how major corporations and government plan to track your every purchase and watch your every move, Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-270) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Spychips

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

71781877

Responsibility statement

Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre

Sub title

how major corporations and government plan to track your every purchase and watch your every move

Table Of Contents

Tracking everything everywhere : the RFID threat -- Spychips 101 : the basics of RFID -- The master plan : how RFID could change your world forever -- The spy in your shoe : rigging everyday objects to report on their owners -- There's a target on your back : marketers plan to use RFID to manipulate and spy on customers -- The RFID retail zoo : the future of shopping -- Bringing it home : how RFID could invade your private spaces -- Talking trash : the RFID tags you throw away say as much as the ones you keep -- Yes, that's your medicine cabinet talking : how your doctor, pharmacy, and hospital plan to use RFID -- This is a stickup : RFID crimes, should-be crimes, and just plain snooping -- Downshifting into surveillance mode : tracking people through their travels -- The chips that won't die : technical fixes to the RFID problem -- Adapt or die : how RFID backers hope to get you on board -- Are you next? : numbering, tracking, and controlling humans with RFID -- Your tax dollars at work : government use of RFID -- The nightmare scenario : what if Hitler had RFID? -- Pull the plug! : how you can help win the RFID war -- Epilogue

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Spy chips

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