"11:54" "Gait DNA" & Super RFID

[jack]

Super RFID
for use in the private sector, to pinpoint people and objects up to 12 miles away
Gentag to Commercialize Super RFID Technology

Until now, the long-range real-time location system has been utilized solely by the military, but Gentag hopes to develop the tag for use in the private sector, to pinpoint people and objects up to 12 miles away.

http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/3610/



The Surveillance Doomsday Clock
By Sharon Weinberger

Taking a page from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists the American Civil Liberties Union today launched a "Surveillance Society Clock" that counts down to the total surveillance state (by the way, how do we know when we're there?). "The clock is set at six minutes before the 'midnight' of a dark end to privacy," the organization notes.

"We are rapidly moving toward a future where our every move, our every transaction, our every communication is tracked and may be used against us," said Barry Steinhardt, director of the ACLU’s Technology and Liberty Project. "Too often that big picture is lost amid the stream of daily privacy stories. The Surveillance Clock is part of our efforts to keep people focused on that big picture and dramatize what’s happening to America."

Perhaps pushing the clock forward a minute or two, the BBC ran an article this weekend, "Big Brother is Watching us," on some of the latest surviellance technology, including "Gait DNA" that idenfies you by how you walk. Another technology profiled is through-the-wall sensing; the article quotes one company official saying that "10 years from now, the technology will be much smarter. We'll scan a person with one of these things and tell what they're actually thinking."
Reading minds through walls? My bet is on more than 10 years.

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/09/th...llanc.html



Big brother and "gait dna"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from...ent/6995061.stm


The Surveillance Doomsday Clock - "six till midnight"
http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/surveil...cietyclock.html


"Monster Among Us"
video | audio
http://www.aclu.org/multimedia/audio/318...70917.html

[flatron]

news like this puts me off having kids.
"hey timmy, sorry about the pervasive surveillance society we created for you"

[jack]

I know the feeling, flatron

Looks like poor little Timmy won't be able to do squat without big brother knowing most all of his actions, and what brother doesn't know can probably be found out by neighbor or "comrade"

One thing that really gets me is the shows for kids, if little Timmy goes out and imitates most of what the tv kids/teens do, he'll be promptly reprimanded.


It's a fine line between teaching Timmy to behave so not to end up jailed with out turning him into obedient tool for the dark side.




off topic, side thought;

Perhaps fear of our children's future is one of the tools of the eugenics crowd to help curb the global population.

Or from the controllers/manipulators perspective of wealth redistribution.

When developed countries birth rate falls coupled with longer life and a growing elderly society, they need to import immigrants to fill the work void.
The only way our social-welfare system can survive in the face of our low birth rates and greater longevity of our older population is to promote immigration. It takes anywhere from 7 to 9 active workers to support every pensioner. With increased longevity comes increased need for medical care, not to mention the increased cost of medical care.

Politics wonder "who will fill the ranks of a labor force that the retiring generation failed to replenish."




example from the Rand Corp,

"These demographic trends portend difficult times ahead for European economies. For example, a shrinking workforce can reduce productivity. At the same time, the growing proportion of elderly individuals threatens the solvency of pension and social insurance systems. As household sizes decrease, the ability to care for the elderly diminishes. Meanwhile, elderly people face growing health care needs and costs. Taken together, these developments could pose significant barriers to achieving the European Union (EU) goals of full employment, economic growth, and social cohesion."
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"In Stage 4, the situation in the developed world today, there is a rough parity between births and deaths. Correspondingly, the population grows very slowly--if at all. Once a Stage 4 equilibrium of low birth and death rates is reached, immigration becomes the driving force for additional population growth." ---rand.org
or
"Other jurisdictions in Canada and around the world are aggressively pursuing increased levels of immigration to counter the impact of aging populations and low birth rates," said Minister Skinner.

[Bobert]

And in the beginning when RFID technology started first making news they kept stressing how RFID is only readable from a few inches away. 12 miles is sure a lot further than 12 inches. :rolleyes:

Seems even 12 miles is a bit conservative, did anyone catch this bit of the article?:

Quote:RR tags affixed to U.S. and allied tanks are read by RR readers in aircraft up to 100 miles away.:shocked:

[Bobert]

Ohh boy, and on the second page of the article it has this tidbit:

Quote:Within two or three years, Peeters states, Gentag hopes to see RR tags embedded in cell phones, and to deploy RR interrogators on cellular towers.

I personally don't use a cellphone, but I know many people do. I still like my landline. :biggrin: