http://w1n5t0n.com/afterword-1/ An annotated version of Cory Doctorow's Little Brother Fri, 07 May 2010 01:01:41 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://w1n5t0n.com/afterword-1/#comment-318 MsBlairRose Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:12:05 +0000 http://w1n5t0n.com/?p=57#comment-318 Bruce Schneier, author of the first afterword to "Little Brother," has authored numerous columns and opinion/editorial pieces, according to his <a href="http://www.schneier.com/" rel="nofollow">website</a>. Interestingly, one of Schneier's pieces titled <a href="http://www.schneier.com/essay-125.html" rel="nofollow">"The ID Chip You Don't Want in Your Passport"</a> and published in the Washington Post, explores the implications of the use of RFID chips in passports. He states, "Your passport information might be read without your knowledge or consent by a government trying to track your movements, a criminal trying to steal your identity or someone just curious about your citizenship." Isn't this alarmingly similar to the situations in Little Brother? In addition, Schneier states, "Although popping your passport in the microwave will disable the chip, the shielding will cause all kinds of sparking." Perhaps this is the source for Doctrow's idea in chapter 1 of Little Brother. You will recall that Yallow disabled the Radio Frequency ID tag that was in Darryl's library book before they left the high school to play Harajuku Fun Madness. Sources: <a href="http://www.schneier.com/" rel="nofollow">Scneier.com</a> Bruce Schneier, author of the first afterword to “Little Brother,” has authored numerous columns and opinion/editorial pieces, according to his website. Interestingly, one of Schneier’s pieces titled “The ID Chip You Don’t Want in Your Passport” and published in the Washington Post, explores the implications of the use of RFID chips in passports. He states, “Your passport information might be read without your knowledge or consent by a government trying to track your movements, a criminal trying to steal your identity or someone just curious about your citizenship.” Isn’t this alarmingly similar to the situations in Little Brother?
In addition, Schneier states, “Although popping your passport in the microwave will disable the chip, the shielding will cause all kinds of sparking.” Perhaps this is the source for Doctrow’s idea in chapter 1 of Little Brother. You will recall that Yallow disabled the Radio Frequency ID tag that was in Darryl’s library book before they left the high school to play Harajuku Fun Madness. Sources: Scneier.com

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