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by Katherine Albrecht (Author), Liz McIntyre (Author) "Imagine a world of no more privacy..." (more)
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RFID, which stands for Radio Frequency IDentification, 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, Spychips 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.

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Dr. Katherine Albrecht is the founder and director of CASPIAN, an international consumer group. Dubbed the "Erin Brockovich" of RFID by Wired magazine, she is one of the leading voices for privacy in today's fast-changing, high-tech world. Katherine holds a doctorate in education from Harvard University.

Liz McIntyre is an award-winning investigative writer with a flair for exposing corporate shenanigans and bureaucratic misdeeds. She serves as CASPIAN's communications director and has been the master strategist for many of the organization's most successful media campaigns. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson; First Printing edition (October 4, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1595550208
  • ISBN-13: 978-1595550200
  • Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars Disturbing book - paints a pattern of privacy abuse., September 30, 2005
This book covers, in detail, the existing use of RF technology to violate consumer privacy. RF chips are small and innocuous. RF chips can easily be seen as a benign technology if used appropriately (for example to reduce shoplifting by enhancing loss protection capabilities of retail stores and improved stock management).

The authors have identified numerous examples of multinational companies misusing RF chip technology.

The research behind this book appears both thorough and comprehensive. The use of statements lifted from patents really helps the authors make their case that these chips are likely to be put to use in ways the majority of us would find disturbing if not repugnant.

Negatives: the style of writing is very sensationalist. The mix of editorial comment and research lessons the impact of some of the material presented. The material sometimes lacks context: almost any technology can be abused. Also, in some instances loss of privacy may be a reasonable trade off for improved service/protection.

Also, RF Chips are not a unique risk (add data mining, "smart" chips and even car electronics - e.g. the chip that operates airbags,in some models, will record the impact speed of an accident).

The book draws on examples from around the World. US consumers have more to worry about than Canada, Australia and Europe where there is at least some protection from data protection legislation. US Privacy legislation lags behind (could this possibly be the result of lobbying by corporate political action committees?).

The bottom line is that the authors are right to raise a very loud warning to act on misuse of this technology, before it is too late.
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54 of 66 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrifying facts; brilliant delivery, September 27, 2005
RFID chips are tiny tracking devices that can be attached to or embedded in nearly anything -- and ultimately will be if industry and governments have their way. They broadcast information about an item and its possessor to any device capable of "pinging" them.

If we don't prevent it, these devices will soon be used to track and control everyone from cradle to grave.

As a privacy activist, I thought I'd been watching RFID implementation closely. But I didn't know the half of what Katherine and Liz reveal in Spychips.

The authors have dug deep into the files of the U.S. patent office. They've attended RFID industry conferences as "moles." They've traveled to Europe and throughout the U.S., uncovering RFID chips -- and disingenuous spin about RFID chips -- in unexpected places.

From this voluminous research and years of activism (Katherine is the founder and head of the privacy group CASPIAN and Liz is its communications director) they've produced a slender, info-packed, and yet highly readable -- and reasonably priced -- hardbound book.

I really must stress, and stress again, that word "readable." Spychips is about a truly frightening topic and a highly technical one, as well. But the book is lucid, concise, witty and at times reads like a novel. Call it a technological thriller.

It is also impeccably factual. You can rely on the info you'll get here. And I hope millions WILL rely on it. If we're to have any hope of preserving privacy and freedom in the future, we must ALL know what Katherine and Liz tell us so eloquently.
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5.0 out of 5 stars What the heck does Iron Maiden have to do with this book?, August 29, 2006
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A wonderfully funny thing happened to me the other day, and never one to believe in coincidence, I thought I would share it. I just finished reading this wonderful book, "Spychips" by Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre, the day before. In the last chapter, they coalesce some of the spiritual/religious/ethical issues surrounding RFID. As expected, they mention the passage in the Book of Revelations (ch. 13, v. 16-18) about the Mark of the Beast. That very next day, a knock on my screen door presented me with two Christian "students" hoping to get "scholarships" by selling religious books and magazines - quite a few of the lovely tomes, of course, delved into the Revelations and the so-called End Times. The kids were very nice about it all, and I politely declined their request. It wasn't until I walked away and started to do other things in the kitchen that I realized I had answered the door in one of my many Iron Maiden concert shirts, with Eddie (their mutant beast mascot) staring right back at them. (For those of you unfamiliar with the greatest band in the world, they have an album (and song) by the name "The Number of the Beast").

Yes, that story is absolutely true - I promise you. And unfortunately, so is much of the information in "Spychips". RFID has become a hot topic in recent years, but Katherine Albrecht and Liz McIntyre don't think it has become quite hot enough. Consumers don't really know what has transpired behind the scenes regarding these little radio-frequency chips and the plans of major corporations to slap them in their products. Thus, the purpose of this book: the authors wish to alert consumers as to what is planned for their capitalistic future BEFORE they get burned. They want to light a fire under our collective behinds to be more proactive consumers. (Please pardon my Revelatory and hellish references to heat, fire, and brimstone and such - I get on a roll sometimes).

This book really has compiled a wealth of information. The authors have done extensive research, right from the very beginning of this move towards RFID. They have the advantage of being at the forefront of the activist movement to watch over and expose this technology. As they point out extensively, the use of RFID tags breaks down the walls of our privacy and allows far too much surveillance of us by corporations . . . or government. They devote entire chapters to the advances in this technology and the direction in which it is likely heading. And really, I see only one phrase to describe that direction: constant surveillance.

Many people (including some reviewers on this site) have accused the authors of promoting gross conspiracy theories and making a mountain out of a mole hill. The problem with those assertions is that they presuppose the authors just made this stuff up or have nothing better to do than get a laugh by giving us some booga-booga. Albrecht and McIntyre have exhaustively referenced first-hand documentation (press releases, mission statements, company correspondence, board meeting minutes, etc) that reveal how much companies want to get this technology up and running full force. There it is for anyone to see - IN THE COMPANIES' OWN WORDS. And just like I said in my review of another great book, "The Fluoride Deception", this is probably what impressed me most: the first hand documentation. (I was a history major in college - first hand documentation is important.) When the government and the corporations themselves make it known what they want in plain English, I really don't see where people doubt this.

Perhaps the authors can be accused of a bit of wild conjecture when they muse on the possibilities of corporations and the government truly wanting total surveillance 24/7. But then again, maybe not . . . and the ABILITY to do so is fast approaching . . . if we let them.

The worst thing of all is that the government is actually defending the corporations and is also, indeed, promoting the technology for itself. Benito Mussolini once said, "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merging of state and corporate power." Is it really that much of a stretch to see this happening here in the US?

So . . . Let him who hath understanding reckon the title of this book, for it is a human title. It's title is "Spychips: How major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID".
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