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Airport To Tag Passengers With RFID
denebian devil writes "A new technology is to be trialled in Debrecen Airport in Hungary that will involve tagging all passengers with high-powered RFID tags. From the Register article: 'People will be told to wear radio tags round their necks when they get to the airport. The tag would notify a computer system of their identity and whereabouts. The system would then track their activities in the airport using a network of high definition cameras. "[The tags] have got a long range, of 10m to 20m," said Dr. Paul Brennan of University College London's antennas and radar group which developed the tags, "and the system has been designed so the tag can be located to within a meter, and it can locate thousands of tags in one area at a given time."' The system is being touted for 'Improving airport efficiency, security and passenger flow by enhanced passenger monitoring.' BBC is also reporting this story, and brings up such hurdles to the project as 'finding a way of ensuring the tags cannot be switched between passengers or removed without notification.' As for any mention of the 'hurdle' of people's rights, the article vaguely and briefly states that 'The issue of infringement of civil liberties will also be key,' but doesn't bother to go into any pesky details."
Just count yourself fortunate that they've given up on their branding idea...
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%country_trust_level("Albania" => 5, "Andorra" => 6 ... )
...
...
if ($country_trust_level{$RFID->citizenship} < 5) {
run_1984($RFID);
}
*blinking cursor*
"%country_trust_level("Albania" => 5, "Andorra" => 6 ... )"
Andorra? Their twitchy antennea and their smurfy complexion always make me so nervous.
Where were you when the voynix came?
Thats the idea. Passengers and luggage will be merged. You bring along an extra suitcase and they seal you inside at the check in counter.
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or RFID pills. Open up!
After the study has been completed:
We proudly present the results of the evaluation of the ultra airport security system. During the evaluation, no acts of terrorism were committed in this airport. Clearly, the system is a great success and well worth the investment. We recommend the system to be kept in place and be installed in other airports and public places, as well.
Please correct me if I got my facts wrong.
What makes you think anything needed to change in order for the story to be accepted from another submitter? You're not assuming the process is anything like rational or unbiased, are you?
Please correct me if I got my facts wrong.
FBI: "What's all the dots?"
Airport Security: "Those are all the passangers and people in the airport."
FBI: "Well how do we find the terrorist in that sea of dots?"
Airport Security: "Well, they will be the . . . suspicious . . . dots."
FBI: "Whats a suspicious dot look like?"
Airport Security: "You'll have to talk to my supervisor. I just watch the dots."
Can I bum a sig?
Dog collar? Oh, whew! I thought you said 'RFID suppository". I am SO relieved.
Look up. See that? That speck against the clear blue sky? It's my point. It was part joke, part political snide remark and it flew so far over your head it crashed into Hubble. But I'm sure you're ok with that, you don't sound like the scientific type.
I hate printers.
Aren't the good dots blue or green, and the bad dots red?
Or am I thinking lightsabres?
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Let's see how funny it is once the terrorists roll out their new plot......"The PacMan Initiative"
That's not a priority. Suspicious-looking suitcases don't blow up planes.
Oh, wait...
Anyway it wont happen, because in Soviet Russia, luggage tags track YOU!