OECD to plot internet’s future

Forty government ministers will meet with private business managers in Seoul next month to plan an all-reaching, all-seeing, all-knowing internet, which derives data from RFID tags and other ubiquitous sensors.
Father of the internet and Google chief internet evangelist Vint Cerf (pictured here) will be participating in the OECD meeting.
The ministers says they want to “provide [...]

RFID rats in your wheelie bins

Whew, “no worries,” Aussies. You are in good hands.
Not even you will be trusted with the spychip reports on your recycling compliance. Australian Broadcasting reports that only your government and a big fat contractor will know. (Photo: ABC News.)
Bin Brother is watching you - ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation
By Karen Barlow
Posted Mon Apr 14, [...]

Super RFID tags might “Impinj” on privacy

Impinj, an RFID chip maker with a provocative name has developed a new chip that requires very little energy to be activated by a remote reader. (Image: from the Impinj website.)
The chip, called Monza, has a read range 40 percent greater than most currently used to track people and consumer goods
In other words, Monza chips [...]