[Med-privacy] RFIDs
pmarshall
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Mon, 10 May 2004 14:05:35 -0700
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<span class=3D"textblack14">California Public Television Program Exp=
lores Privacy Concerns over RFID Technology</span><br>
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May 10, 2004<br><br>
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"<a href=3D"http://www.californiaconnected.org/" target=3D"_blank">Cal=
ifornia Connected</a>" on Thursday examined the "brave new world" of radi=
o frequency ID tags and FDA's consideration of the technology to increase=
prescription drug supply chain security and prevent counterfeit drugs fr=
om entering the system. Guests on the program included California state =
Sen. Debra Bowen (D), author of the first proposed regulation of RFIDs; B=
eth Givens, director of the <a href=3D"http://www.privacyrights.org/" tar=
get=3D"_blank">Privacy Rights Clearinghouse</a>; Xeni Jardin, a technolog=
y journalist; and Mark Roberti, editor of <a href=3D"http://www.rfidjourn=
al.com/" target=3D"_blank"><cite>RFID Journal</cite></a>. California Con=
nected is a weekly, hour-long newsmagazine produced by PBS stations in Lo=
s Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego and San Francisco (McRee, "California Co=
nnected," KPBS, 5/6). Complete video of the segment in Quicktime media f=
ormat is available <a href=3D"http://californiaconnected.org/archives.htm=
l" target=3D"_blank">online</a>.<BR><BR>The program's Web site includes a=
<a href=3D"http://bbs.californiaconnected.org/WebX?128@@.ee7c526" target=
=3D"_blank">transcript</a> of the show's weekly Web chat, which focused t=
his week on the potential efficiency gains and privacy risks associated w=
ith RFIDs. Participants in the chat included Dr. Daniel Engels of the <a=
href=3D"http://autoidlabs.mit.edu/" target=3D"_blank">MIT Auto-ID Labs</=
a>; Jardin; Chris Hoofnagle, associate director of the <a href=3D"http://=
www.epic.org/" target=3D"_blank">Electronic Privacy Information Center</a=
>; Shyam Sunder, a professor at the <a href=3D"http://www.som.yale.edu/" =
target=3D"_blank">Yale University School of Management</a>; and Lee Tien,=
senior staff attorney at the <a href=3D"http://www.eff.org/" target=3D"_=
blank">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a>.<BR><BR>In addition, the progra=
m's Web site includes an animated interactive feature on the "promiscuous=
" RFID tag as it travels from the factory to the supermarket checkout cou=
nter. The animated feature is available <a href=3D"http://californiaconne=
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