PBS show about RFID, online discussion referencing Politech [priv]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Subject: PBS show about RFID, online discussion referencing Politech
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 19:16:35 -0700
From: Xeni Jardin <xeni () xeni net>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>

Hi, Declan!

Quick shout to point you to this episode of the PBS TV program "California
Connected," in which I was a guest. The show's online discussion forum
references a politech item, and points to your list as a valued source for
insights on RFID technology, privacy, and the law.

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<http://www.boingboing.net/2004/05/06/xeni_on_pbs_tv_tonig.html>

On this week's edition of the PBS television program "California Connected,"
I join host Lisa McRee with guests Beth Givens, Privacy Rights
Clearinghouse, State Senator Debra Bowen, and Mark Roberti, RFID Journal to
debate consumer privacy issues related to radio frequency ID tag (RFID)
technology.

There's a great online discussion salon going on concurrently, too, with
Professor Shyam Sunder of the School of Management at Yale University, Chris
Hoofnagle, associate director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center,
Lee Tien, senior staff attorney at the EFF, and Dr. Daniel Engels of the MIT
Auto-ID Labs.
<http://bbs.californiaconnected.org/WebX?128@@.ee7c526>


        Dubbed by one skeptical journalist as "Big Brother
        in small packages," RFID chips are tiny transponders
        that can be attached to almost any consumer good.
        While companies are set to use these radio frequency
        identification tags to track their merchandise from
        assembly line to warehouse to store shelf, privacy
        watchdogs suggest these same RFID tags could be used
        to keep tabs on consumers -- beyond the confines of
        a store or supermarket.


Link to show home page:
<http://www.californiaconnected.org/index.html>.

Link to stations and airtimes for both the TV and radio editions of the
show. Video will be archived online later.
<http://www.californiaconnected.org/airtimes.html>

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All best,

Xeni Jardin

tech journalist (NPR, Wired Magazine, Wired News, etc.)
say: /SHEH-nee zhar-DAN/

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