] The Department of Homeland Security's privacy board chose
] as its chairman Paul Rosenzweig, a conservative lawyer
] best known in technology circles for his defense of the
] Pentagon's Total Information Awareness project.

The new "privacy" board at DHS continues to sign up people with dubious credentials as privacy advocates. Lisa Sotto has an analysis of RFID in healthcare that seems to think implanting verichips in people is A-OK as long as you make them sign a "consent form" (without which you won't treat them). She seems to have missed the fact that I can use that 16bit identifier to track your movements regardless of whether or not I have access to the data.

It seems the new profession of "privacy adviser" is a little like tax accountant. Minimize the clients liability while enabling him to do as much as possible. Find loopholes. DHS seems to be hiring some of the best.

Their privacy board isn't about how they can respect privacy. Its about how they can violate it as much as possible without getting in trouble.

[ Awesome! -k]

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