19 July 2003
Auto-ID confidential files: http://cryptome.org/rfid-docs.htm
CASPIAN: http://www.nocards.org
Guardian articles today which mention the Gillette razor tracking:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,999866,00.html
It mentions other tech first, like shopper cards. The RFID tracking is further into the article.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1001211,00.html
This one is razor specific, also in Saturday edition. Here's also a URL to a WorldNet Daily article about the tracking:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33646
A. writes:
The Auto-ID Center has this video at its web site. It shows how consumers who pick up a certain number of razor blades are photographed and tracked. Could you mirror this? It's bound to disappear.
http://www.autoidcenter.org/aboutthecenter_video5.asp (offers three formats)Cryptome mirror:
http://jya.com/clip5_lo_windows.wmv (11.3 MB)
Here's the URL to another Gillette theft prediction pdf, "The Next Information Revolution: The Networked Physical World:
http://www.autoidcenter.org/media/fmi_2002.pdfCryptome mirror:
The nasty slide is on page 16. It shows how one tracks a "guilty until proven innocent" suspect through the store.
It seems that the smart shelf confidential file, "RF Enabled Shelf and Back Room," was removed from the Auto-ID Center site. It was your number 37 on the list of their confidential documents.
http://cryptome.org/rfid/savant.pdf (124KB)
Source: http://www.autoidcenter.org/aboutthecenter_oursponsors.asp
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