RFID zapper

Modern life is a life where your personal safety, security and privacy mean less and less. Politicians, governments and companies all want to know everything about you. For the one it's because of "national security", for the other it's because they want to know their customer. Either way it means that you loose. Not only are we more and more forced to use biometric pasports and ID cards but more and more items are labeled with RFID tags. The opportunities for unrestricted information gathering are becoming boundless. 1984 is becoming more and more real.

But sometimes there are people who actively oppose these curbs on your privacy. German hackers have found a way to build a small RFID zapper. It's not yet even a proof of concept but they're working on that. I, for one, hope that this RFID zapper turns out to be effective. And the sooner there are instructions available on the internet on how to build a RFID zapper, the better. It's like with everything in survival: information and tools will set you free.

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In the dumps

Shards of Survival, sadly, has been in the dumps for the past month or so. Life sometimes just catches up with and overtakes you. You get lived from moment to moment and for a while you seem unable to regain hold of your own life. Well, the holiday season is over. Life has turned to normal again. So, from now on again there will be regular updates to this blog.

All the best wishes for 2006!

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