Re: New ally in the fight over RFID chips

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Wendy M. Grossman" <wendyg () pelicancrossing net>
> Date: February 10, 2010 11:41:14 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re:    New ally in the fight over RFID chips
> Reply-To: wendyg () pelicancrossing net

> (For IP if you wish)
>
> In fact, the leading and first anti-RFID campaigner, Katherine  
> Albrecht, cites the promise she made her grandmother as a child  
> never to "take a mark" as a key reason she started paying attention  
> to supermarket loyalty cards and then to RFID.
>
> Her book Spychips (www.spychips.com) in fact has two editions, one  
> for the general market, one aimed at Christians. The difference is  
> one chapter in which she describes the promise she made her  
> grandmother and the religious underpinning of her work on RFID.
>
> wg
>
> David Farber wrote:
> > Begin forwarded message:
> > *From: *Michael Zimmer <zimmerm () uwm edu <mailto:zimmerm () uwm edu>>
> > *Date: *February 10, 2010 10:12:28 AM EST
> > *To: *dave () farber net <mailto:dave () farber net>
> > *Subject: **Re: [IP] New ally in the fight over RFID chips*
> > This position has been argued for quite some time. See The Spychips  
> > Threat: Why Christians Should Resist RFID and Electronic  
> > Surveillance  <http://www.amazon.com/Spychips-Threat-Christians-Electronic-Surveillance/dp/1595550216 
> > >
> > And it seems hard to oppose the criminalization of someone forcing  
> > me to embed something into my body, whether you're Christian or not.
> > -mz
> > --
> > Michael Zimmer, PhD
> > Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies
> > Associate, Center for Information Policy Research
> > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
> > e: zimmerm () uwm edu <mailto:zimmerm () uwm edu>
> > w: www.michaelzimmer.org <http://www.michaelzimmer.org/>
> > On Feb 10, 2010, at 8:05 AM, Dave Farber wrote:
> > > >From: "Paul Levy" <plevy () citizen org <mailto:plevy () citizen org>>
> > > >To: "Dave Farber" <dfarber () me com <mailto:dfarber () me com>>
> > > >Date: February 10, 2010 07:27:26 AM EST
> > > >Subject: New ally in the fight over RFID chips
> > > >
> > > >
> > > The Washington Post today carries a story about the role of the  
> > > religious right in opposing the implantation of RFID chips in  
> > > people, which is being portrayed as "the Mark of the Beast."  The  
> > > Virginia legislature is apparently holding a vote today on a bill  
> > > to criminalize involuntary implementation of microchips at the  
> > > behest of employers or insurance companies.   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020903796.html?hpid=moreheadlines
> > > Paul Alan Levy
> > > Public Citizen Litigation Group
> > > 1600 - 20th Street, N.W.
> > > Washington, D.C. 20009
> > > (202) 588-1000
> > > http://www.citizen.org/litigation
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