| You must decide if you trust your life savings and sensitive health and personal information to the promises of the smartcard manufacturers who stand to lose billions of dollars if you don't believe them.
Maybe you trust all the governments of the world not to abuse their ability to track you and access or even change the contents of your card at will. Maybe you do not believe the threats we have outlined really exist. |
This company, OTI, brags it can read a smartcard over a range of centimeters to as far away as 30 meters (~100 feet).
Computer Security Conference at which F.B.I Director Louis Freeh makes the case for key escrow for law enforcment.
Heavily censored excerpt of the FBI Wiretap Survey obtained through the Freedom of Information Act outlining the governments interest in real time decryption of data and the need for legislation to this end.
The risks of key revovery, key escrow, and trusted third-party encryption expressing concern over the ability to secure these keys over an extended period of time.
The European Union and FBI Launch a Global Surveillance System introducing a 5 year old plan to create a global telecommunications tapping system. The EU's total disregard for the UK Parliament has strong New World Order overtones.
U.S. State Department Reports Worldwide Privacy Abuses concluding there is a worldwide lack of government respect for privacy rights.
EU Council Resolution on the lawful interception of telecommunications detailing law enforcement's expressed need for real time, surrepitious access to all forms of telecommunications.


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