Hi Keith,
There was no intention to slur anybody in my last post - just a desire to show
a balanced point of view.
How scientific would you like me to get? I can start with Maxwell's wave
equations if you like and work up to RSA encryption algorithms but I suspect
that would bore everybody senseless.
My only point is that there should even handed reasoning on this topic and that
a myopic quasi-religious take on a highly technical subject is misleading.
Best Regards
Philip
> Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 19:14:18 +0900> To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org> From:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Biofuel] OOPS! DID VERICHIP HAVE A "SENIOR
> MOMENT?"> > Hi Philip> > Sorry to say it but this all sounds horribly
> familiar. Don't they > make just the same sort of reassuring noises about
> Diebold voting > machines, GMOs, and a very long list of other things that
> turn out to > be not good for you?> > Also I think you need to do a bit
> better than that with Katherine > Albrecht, your objections aren't terribly
> scientific either. Maybe > you're right, but unless you substantiate it, it
> just amounts to a > slur.> > Best> > Keith> > > >OK, prior to my embarkation
> on the green crusade I was deeply > >involved in the creation of the current
> RFID industry so I believe > >that I am qualified to comment on this
> subject.> >> >Katherine Albrecht is a publicity seeking doomsayer. Her
> argument > >that RFID tags are "the mark of the beast" (q.v. Revelations)
> isn't > >terribly scientific [yes, she actually said that] and the >
> >pseudo-science she pedals around is at best misleading and at worst >
> >unnecessary scare mongering.> >> >Here are some facts about RFID:> >> >You
> cannot easily clone an RFID tag - each one has a unique serial identifier>
> >The protocols used to transmit the data between a tag and a reader > >are
> able to be strongly encrypted> >If you read the Wired article they admit that
> encryption is possible > >and that the RFID tags that they hacked are either
> early technology > >(as in the case of the door hack) or for merchandise
> tracking> >I have worked with some major retailers and I can assure you they
> do > >not put price data on RFID tags. Most of there systems use a look up >
> >of a serial number - if you read the chip the information you get > >back is
> a meaningless number.> >Bill Allen (the guy they quote from Texas
> Instruments) is a personal > >friend of mine (and a very good pianist :)) and
> what he says > >indicates the future direction of RFID security: they haven't
> got it > >quite right yet but it will come.> >In the meantime, if you are
> still worried wrap yourself in tin foil > >- that will mask any tags about
> (or in) your person.> >> >Best Regards> >> >Philip Gwinnell> >Hainan
> Bioenergy> >> >> >> >> >OOPS! DID VERICHIP HAVE A "SENIOR MOMENT?"> >Human
> Chipping Company Omits Salient Risks from IPO Disclosure> ><snip>> > >
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