Microchip implants raise privacy concern
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CityWatcher.com, a provider of surveillance equipment, attracted little notice itself &#151; until a year ago, when two of its employees had glass-encapsulated microchips with miniature antennas embedded in their forearms.
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New PCs will ship with a chip designed to thwart hackers--a hardware approach that's said to be safer than software.
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The ever-expanding number of ways to communicate has raised concerns about the spread of confidential information through unsecure devices.
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Doctors try to balance a patient's trust with new technology.
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Though communications protections exist, the law is fuzzy regarding internet and e-mail activity. Watch out for the legalization of digital mind readers tracing internet users' thoughts and interests, and trampling privacy rights in the process.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved an implantable computer chip that can pass a patient's medical details to doctors.
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Many people now find sense of community more important than privacy.
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Rethinking privacy in an immodest age.
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A new hacking method is causing concern for the lengths it goes to avoid detection by security software and researchers.
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A computer chip that is implanted  under the skin won U.S. approval on Wednesday for use in  helping doctors quickly access a patient's medical history.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 13, 2004 - Medical milestone or privacy invasion? A tiny computer chip approved Wednesday for implantation in a patient&#39;s arm can speed vital information about a patient&#39;s medical history to doctors and hospitals.
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A new RFID-chipped passport card that can be read up to 30 feet away -- and on which the data's not encrypted -- has drawn censure from the Centers for Democracy and Technology, which foresees covert location tracking and an increase in ID theft on the horizon. (If you filed an objection to this program already, by the way, the government says you just don't understand it.)
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Not fit for dogs? You might not want to chip granny afterall. Studies on animals discovered high incidents of tumours close to the sites of RFID chip implants.â¦
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InfoWorld - A new hacking method is causing concern for the lengths it goes to avoid detection by security software and researchers.
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The technology for human facial transplants exists, but ethicists are worried about using it.
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Virginia legislators are weighing a plan to add biometric data and radio signal emitting chips to licenses to prevent identity theft and thwart terrorists. Critics say the plan could compromise privacy and allow new varieties of fraud to flourish. By Mark Baard.
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The United States plans to issue passports with personal data stored on radio frequency identification chips. The documents would be harder to forge, but might leave holders vulnerable to identity theft. By Ryan Singel.