(((RFID practice has now advanced far enough to generate
little graphics to demonstrate that arphids are in the
environment. However, there is no UNIVERSAL logo;
instead, everybody wants a piece of the graphic action.)))
(((As a governmental body imposing RFID chips on an unwilling
global public (under the cheap euphemism of 'contactless chips'),
the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has
generated this graphic symbol:)))
(((And what is this? It's the perfect symbol for people who hate and resent RFID! You can't use it yourself! You have no right to it! It's official and copyrighted and IP'd out the wazoo! It's on a document (a passport) which is imposed on you as a kind of national branding – heck, you don't even own it! And you're not supposed to notice it's there, because it's there only for the convenience
of immigration officials who treat you like cattle whenever they can.)))
(((So this RFID mark is the Mark of the Beast! The Maaaaaaark
of the Beeeeeeast! It makes the perfect graffiti tag to angrily re-purpose and to spray in Big Brother's face! Did you ever ask for this? No! Will it help you in any way or make you any safer? Double-plus No!)))
http://www.hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001003.html
The Practical Nomad's lowdown on the ICAO mark
(((Where to stick one of these evil things after it is inflicted on you:)))
http://www.emvelope.com/products
The pocket Faraday Cage for Big Brother arphids, get yours while supplies last
(((Moving right along, we have the new RFID graphic emblem from AIMGlobal, an international standards outfit for corporations, big box retailers, big pharma, and so forth. This RFID image isn't really yours either (because it belongs to them), but if you're part of an RFID supply chain, you are more or less allowed to stick it on stuff. This is for the sake of your fellow grocery clerks. Look how boring and dull and lifeless this logo is!)))
(((You can see that it owes a whole lot to its unglamorous ancestor, the black and white barcode.)))
(((Then we've got the dark-horse contingent, which would
be this stuff, designed as a lark by Timo Arnall.)))
((((Man, Timo Arnall rocks, doesn't he? Look at the graphic richness and the civilized thought behind those logos! Look how hip and with-it and elegant those logos are! Of course, nobody's actually using this as yet (because you're not required to do it by guys with checkbooks and guns), but this is clearly THE arphid logo to date. This is the emergent, artsy, hipster, designery, MAKE magazine, open-source, Web 2.0-style version of an RFID logo. Guys who put THIS kind of a logo on an arphid are obviously ON YOUR SIDE. They've got warm, affirmative, helpful feelings about the technology!)))
http://del.icio.us/timo
Timo Arnall, possibly the smartest guy in Oslo, or London, or whatever
(((Choose yours while you've still got a choice!)))
