ID industry fighting Big Brother image
Biometric and smart card companies aim to educate lawmakers on how the technologies can be privacy enhancing and not privacy invasive
RFID. It’s hard to believe that four little letters can cause individuals to imagine such evil things. Mention RFID and people envision Big Brother or another type of all-seeing specter watching their every move. Biometrics evoke a similar fear among many individuals.
It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact moment when the controversy over identification technology began. Some Web sites point to high-tech identification technology and biometrics being foretold in the Bible and make a connection to the “Mark of the Beast.”
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