Identity Theft Made Easy
Today there is an unprecedented amount of your personal data being collected, without your knowledge or approval. Centralization of personal data without proper security measures for personal privacy, is leading to identity theft made easy.The below information relates to a global problem but uses the UK for a lot of the examples as they are the leader in personal data collection.
"Identity theft happens in the U.S. every 79 seconds". The full article is here.
"Financial services industry is more concerned about the risk to reputation from identity theft than any actual monetary loss" "Many saw ID theft as a business opportunity" The full article is here.
There are countless corporations that sell your private personal information without your consent. Here are some online examples detailed personal, email lists, email & personal, phone numbers.
For a fee a 3rd party can aquire more of your personal information then you might believe possible. Here is an example site.
In the UK "Tesco is quietly building a profile of you, along with every individual in the country - a map of personality, travel habits, shopping preferences and even how charitable and eco-friendly you are. " The full article is here.
"Say you walk into a store and grab a U-Scan Shopper-equipped cart. Your store loyalty card can help the device recall your shopping history and remind you, as you stroll by the dairy case, that you might need eggs. After all, you last bought them here two weeks ago." The full article is here.
All personal electronic communications are recorded and analyzed for “undesirable content” on a global scale. There are countless systems globally. The oldest and largest system is over half a century old. The full article is here.
Other US government Internet monitoring systems can be found here.
In the UK there are over 4 million surveillance cameras, approximately 1 for every 14 people. The full article is here.
In the U.S. "The Super Bowl by many has come to be known as the Snooper Bowl". The full article is here.
"It knows your face, your body temperature, your behaviour and can strip you bare without removing your clothes. And the next generation of surveillance technology is coming to an airport near you." The full article is here
In Tokyo "Your face could soon become just another 'bar code'" The full article is here.
"New German e-passports thwarted by people smiling" The full article is here
In the UK “Everybody will have to have an eye or fingerprint scan at the post office or local council office so that their "biometric" information can be stored on a microchip embedded in the card and on the national identity register.” The full article is here.
In the UK vehicles are location tracked by satellite and as well the license plates will contain tracking devices for automatic billing of toll fees etc. The full article is here.
In the UK “The Government is selling the names and home addresses of motorists on its drivers' database to convicted criminals” The full article is here.
New cell phones and Black Berry's are constantly location tracked using satellites . "Your cell phone becomes a personal tracker" The full article is here.
Satellite tracking implants "used to track movements of human host" The full article is here
Most consumer goods have embedded tracking devices and can be tracked after they are purchased. See RFID information here.
"The market for RFID tags is growing explosively, projected to reach $10 billion annually within the decade." The full article is here.
VeriChip is the first FDA approved human-implantable RFID microchip. The full article is here . Their parent company is Applied Digital Solutions. ADSX stock report is here.
By 2005 "VeriChip had sold about 7,000 of the devices; about 1,000 of those have been inserted in humans" The full article is here.
"U.S. to implant homeless people with RFID tags". The full article is here.
Currency has built in tracking devices The full article is here.
Virus's can attack RFID tracking devices, then can be cloned or modified. The full article is here.
"Why are RFID cards and tags dangerous and insecure ?" The full article is here.
"A popular radio-frequency ID system that is used to deter car thefts and as a convenience device for the purchase of gasoline can be defeated with low-cost technology" The full article is here.
IBM's patented tracking system. “The exact identity of the person or certain characteristics about the person can be determined. This information is used to monitor the movement of the person through the store or other areas” Here is their patent.
"Gillette has been caught hiding tiny RFID surveillance chips in the packaging of its shaving products. These tiny, high tech spy tags are being used to trigger photo taking of unsuspecting customers." The full article is here.
Targeted unique ads will be presented to each individual based on their maximum available credit, net worth, and spending habits on all known media. This has been done on the Internet for years and will soon be implemented on your TV, satellite radio and publicly placed monitors.
Hackers and organized crime infect computers attached to the Internet with almost undetectable trojan's and use social engineering tricks to gain access to personal information.
Countless corporations such as Microsoft, Sony, AT&T and Tivo have been caught gathering personal information without their customers consent.
Canada leads in electronic cards to replace cash. Mondex and Dexit are 2 examples.
Corporations provide personal information to governments in violation of human rights The full article is here.
Conclusion
The below three quotes sums up the problems of invasion of privacy and identity theft.
"Big Brother is watching you."
George Orwell 1949 The book "1984" is here His biography is here.
"Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe."
Frederick Douglass 1886 His biography is here.
"Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom."
Albert Einstein 1950 His biography is here.








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