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Patients, doctors staying away from implantable RFID chips

February 12, 2007 RFID chip company gets ho-hum response to its initial public offering, partly because only 222 people have gotten chipped. TAGS: VeriChip, RFID chip, RFID, IPO, microchip, patient, human, agreement

Passports to get RFID chip implants

October 25, 2005 The State Department says tiny tracking chips will be put in passports starting next year, despite concerns over privacy. TAGS: passport, RFID chip, RFID, Bush Administration, radio

Wal-Mart demands double RFID chips with groceries

September 13, 2006 Company says 500 new stores, clubs to roll out tech for case- and pallet-level tracking before end of fiscal year. TAGS: RFID, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., RFID chip, supplier, grocery

Nike+iPod raises RFID privacy concerns

December 14, 2006 Security expert Bruce Schneier calls the risk of tracking someone via the RFID chip in the shoe-iPod technology "very scary." TAGS: RFID, RFID chip, transmitter, researcher, Apple iPod, Apple Computer

RFID passports arrive for Americans

August 14, 2006 State Department to begin handing out RFID-equipped passports despite lingering security, privacy concerns. TAGS: passport, RFID, e-passport, smart card, agency, RFID chip, digital signature, researcher, document, Las Vegas, security, U.S., radio, photograph, laptop computer

RFID passports take off

October 26, 2006 Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the U.S. to issue passports with radio tags are doing so. TAGS: passport, e-passport, RFID, visa, Visa International, RFID chip, holder, U.S., digital photograph, radio, security, photograph

Keeping tabs on citizens

April 20, 2006 As the U.K. government looks to set up a national registry of adults, some in the U.S. are warning of the dangers of a national ID system. TAGS: ID card, RFID, RFID chip, driver's license, New Hampshire, U.K., database, U.S.

A peek into Fujitsu's future

March 19, 2007 Colored e-paper, waterproof RFID tags and vein-pattern readers are among the products touted at company's tech forum.Photos: Fujitsu peers into the future TAGS: e-paper, RFID, Fujitsu, RFID chip, RFID tag, researcher, image, photograph

Researchers: E-passports pose security risk

August 5, 2006 New passports and ID cards with RFID are surprisingly easy to clone, researchers at Black Hat and Defcon say. TAGS: RFID, RFID tag, passport, e-passport, researcher, Black Hat, RFID chip, Defcon, smart card, security risk, security, conference, radio, card, U.S., video

Sensors: Living off scraps of energy

May 24, 2006 In the future, your shoes may be able to charge your camera and RFID chips could tell when you leave the room. Images: Energy-saving sensors TAGS: RFID, sensor, energy, transistor, RFID chip, microprocessor, tag, reader, scientist, battery, Intel, security

Tech industry attacks state anti-RFID laws

April 20, 2006 Proposals to curb use of the radio ID technology are overbroad and rife with unintended consequences, companies say. TAGS: RFID, RFID chip, law, state, personal information, California, radio
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