Chips in official IDs raise privacy fears (AP)

July 11, 2009

In this April 10, 2009. photo, Chris Paget, a self-described 'ethical hacker,' sits in the back of his car with electronic equipment seeking information from imbedded radio frequency identification, or RFID chips as people pass him along the Embarcadero in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)AP - Climbing into his Volvo, outfitted with a Matrics antenna and a Motorola reader he'd bought on eBay for $190, Chris Paget cruised the streets of San Francisco with this objective: To read the identity cards of strangers, wirelessly, without ever leaving his car.


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Bloggers held on hooliganism charges in Azerbaijan: rights group (AFP)

July 11, 2009

Two bloggers in Azerbaijan have been ordered detained for two months pending trial on hooliganism charges, media rights group Reporters Without Borders said Saturday.(Reporters Without Borders)AFP - Two bloggers in Azerbaijan have been ordered detained for two months pending trial on hooliganism charges, media rights group Reporters Without Borders said Saturday.


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Report: NKorean army suspected over cyberattacks (AP)

July 11, 2009

South Korean conservative activists march as they hold a mock coffin and portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, and what protesters say is a portrait of his son Kim Jong Un during a rally denouncing cyber terror and missile launch in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 10, 2009. Cyber attacks that caused a wave of Web site outages in the U.S. and South Korea used 86 IP addresses in 16 countries, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers Friday, amid suspicions North Korea was behind the effort. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - South Korea has obtained intelligence that North Korea last month ordered a military institute of computer hackers — known as Lab 110 — to "destroy" South Korean communications networks, news reports said Saturday.


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