So, the Big Brother concerns are running high this month. Google is censoring its Chinese content. The U.S. government wants billions, if not trillions, of search records so it can protect us from porn. Then there was this news: a company in Ohio is chipping its employees for access to a records room. Made me remember that all U.S. passports are going to be RFID readable* by the end of '06. Upon further looking around it turns out that some Scandawhovian (that's a person of Nordic descent if you hail from the Inland Empire) has come up a p2p system for companies (and others) to read and track any RFID, regardless of platform. I don't know what to do about the government or Google, but some intrepid Germans have come up with and RFID Killer that you can make at home. Basically it's a disposable camera that's had its flash wired to create a very intense magnetic field. Place it next to the offending RFID tag, fire up yer mini-EMP, and *phhzzzt* no more Big Brother chip. The build process is described, but there's no step-by-step HowTo for those of us not technically inclined. Hopefully that comes later. Fight the power, children!
*I do know better that to fully trust a very political source like World Socialist Committe X, but they had the best round up of the final decision.
Here's a chaser to get some of that bad taste outta yer mouth: robot-plant prOn video.
