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Liz McIntyre is a consumer privacy
expert and co-author of a series of books about the societal implications
of microchip tracking technology, including Spychips: How Major
Corporations and Government Plan to Track your Every Purchase and
Watch Your Every Move. This explosive book reveals how organizations
like Procter & Gamble, Wal-Mart, Gillette, and even the U.S. Government
are deploying tiny computer chips that can keep close tabs on everyday
objects—and even people.
McIntyre served as the Communications Director for CASPIAN (Consumers Against Supermarket
Privacy Invasion and Numbering) from 2003 to 2007, and was the master strategist for many of the organization's most successful media campaigns. Her eye-catching headlines and compelling stories helped to make the technical topic of radio frequency identification interesting and accessible to the general public. New York Times reporter Barnaby Feder once commented on McIntyre's writing, saying, "I don't usually see such entertaining metaphors outside of the baseball blogs...where I go for escape reading."
Once a fixture on the talk radio
circuit, McIntyre has logged hundreds of hours as a guest expert because of her proven ability to captivate audiences and generate listener calls. She has shared her views on shows like Forbes, Allan
Handelman, Thom Hartmann, Greg Allen, CBC Radio, Coast to Coast,
BBC Radio, WBAI's "Law and Disorder," and Kiss FM's "Open Line."
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Singer/songwriter Jimmie Vaughan, Liz McIntyre, and 2004 Libertarian Presidential candidate Michael Badnarak. Vaughan said he was inspired to write his song "Shackles on Me " after reading Spychips.
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Her TV appearances include Democracy
Now!, CNBC Squawkbox, Fox & Friends, and other programs where she
has discussed new applications of microchip technology, like the
chipping of U.S. passports and proposed injection of VeriChip human
implants into military personnel, the elderly, and immigrants.
McIntyre now rarely makes public appearances as she is pursuing other projects and spending time with her family. Her most recent public newpaper comments were published in a microchip expose by AP Reporter Todd Lewan in January 2008 . Her last public lecture was in March 2007 at the University of Richmond, where she spoke at a security and surveillance conference sponsored by the University of Richmond Journal of Law & Technology.
While she co-authored a Christian version of Spychips, she is adamantly opposed to labeling RFID "The Mark of the Beast." She characterizes doing so as "akin to stripping naked and climbing to the top of a mountain, convinced of the exact day and time of rapture." She believes irresponsible comments undermine the very legimate arguments of privacy advocates. The book includes a disclaimer, but it hasn't kept some from reading far more into her beliefs.
"Could a technology like RFID enslave us?" asks McIntyre. "Theoretically, yes. Is the RFID implant the prophesied method of controlling humans and forcing beast worship? I don't think so. Could I be wrong? Yes. I don't believe anyone here on earth knows definitively what the future holds and exactly how events will unfold."
She adds, "There are many smart people--people much smarter than myself--Christians and non-Christians--who hold very strong contradictory beliefs on most matters of religion. I take this as a clue that I should remain humble and reverant when it comes to the mysteries of the universe. It's one thing to explore possibilites and keep a watchful eye. It's quite another to claim a hotline to God and infer that others have an inferior connection to the Almighty."
McIntyre, a former bank examiner and CPA, is also
known for her past work as a syndicated family money writer and
columnist, aka the MoneyMom®.
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