Direct Marketing and Counter Profiling
September 06, 2007
Telemarketing can sometimes be a really annoying problem, especially since most of the time personal data of the customer is acquired. In order to empower the customer, EBGB from the Netherlands developed a counterscript for...
Posted in social networking, profiling, social identity, society | 2735 Comments
Oki introduces Iris recognition technology for mobile phones
July 17, 2007
in Pink Tentacle, november 2006
On November 6, 2006, Oki Electric announced the development of iris recognition technology for camera-equipped mobile phones. Unlike Oki’s previous iris recognition technology that relies on...
Posted in biometrics, technology | 13950 Comments
iPhone and SSN (Social security number)
July 05, 2007
Before you activate your iPhone, read this!
Blog entry, Michael Tiemann, July 4, 2007
Apple and AT&T are demanding customers reveal SSNs to activate their iPhones. That should be the lead of every technology and business...
Posted in privacy, society | 18075 Comments
Newsmaker: Straight dope from Fake Steve Jobs. article in news.com
July 05, 2007
By Daniel Terdiman, CNET News.com, July 3, 2007,
For months now, one of the best-read blogs in technology circles has been the starkly funny, pull-no-punches Secret Diary of Steve Jobs.
Posted in social identity | 20996 Comments
Announce: the first issue of the FIDIS in-house journal is available online
July 04, 2007
We are happy to announce that the first issue of the FIDIS in-house journal is now available online at journal.fidis.net.
This edition of the FIDIS Journal follows on from the DuD 9/2006 special issue on Identity, which...
Posted in FIDIS External | 3522 Comments
article BBC news: Are my online friends for real?
July 03, 2007
By Rory Cellan-Jones, Technology Correspondent, BBC News
As Facebook continues its explosive growth here's one question troubling me. Are my friends for real?
Posted in social networking, social identity, society, outlook | 5971 Comments
Article: Why ID must keep up with IT (Identity in academia)
July 03, 2007
by Stephen Hoare Tuesday June 19, 2007 The Guardian
Universities have welcomed open access learning platforms that widen student participation, but their arrival has left campus intranets, and all the sensitive details they...
Posted in elearning, academia, privacy | 3878 Comments
The RFID Guardian: a firewall for your tags
July 01, 2007
by Nate Anderson, May, 2007, Ars Technica
Put down that hammer and step away from that microwave—now there's a better way to keep your radio frequency identification (RFID) chips secure.
Posted in RFID, privacy, technology | 978 Comments
BBC article: The Tech Lab: Bradley Horowitz (merging the real and virtual worlds)
July 01, 2007
BBC News, 29 June 2007
Imagine this scenario: I am in a supermarket and I pick up a can of tomatoes and I place it in the shopping trolley. Immediately my mobile phone flashes green to indicate to me that it is a good buy. I go...
Posted in AmI, outlook | 57760 Comments
Senate takes step away from Real ID
June 28, 2007
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com June 27, 2007,
Opponents of controversial law win vote in the Senate on Wednesday to restrict uses of the forthcoming digital ID cards, signaling the political winds may have shifted.
Posted in id cards, law | 3486 Comments