There was a push for #RFID #Technology back in the 1990s. The test markets were in the Midwest, and met with unexpectedly severe blowback. The fundamentalist Christian view was that the chips were too much like the biblical ''mark of the beast'' because they were supposed to be implanted into the hand to identify employees and consumers. Believe what you want. Privacy fighters take what they can get. When I was a kid the blowback was severe enough I was still hearing about this around the 2012 end-of-world panic, so I did research to figure out what was really going on. Despite persistent low-scale marketing efforts, the company with the patent pivoted to website certificate management. 

The only thing I knew about the  is all of this was being blamed on them. Then there was a night little-kid me ran into an honest desk jockey for them. Of course I asked him about #VeriChip. He got an expression on his face like I'd brought up the most socially-toxic aspect of his work. What he said came down to three things that stuck in my mind. 

''Yeah, there are some younger folk who think that would be a good idea, but the rest of us are trying to stop them.'' ''Whenever you want to put something in the public's bodies there's a really bad reaction.'' ''We can just accomplish all of that with biometrics anyway, but the younger employees who push for the cups want to make money selling the chips.'' I didn't know what "biometrics" meant, so I asked, and he explained how eye scans worked at the time, thumb print as #ID , and the prospect of then-in-its-infancy gait analysis. His issue wasn't my #Privacy being violated, his view was closer to, ''we already have cameras everywhere, so why put something in the body if you don't have to.'' 

#TechnologyNews #LuxuryLiving #CounterfeitGoods #Counterfeiting #Coubterfeit #LawEnforcement #TradeMark #UnfairCompetition

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/former-tesla-product-manager-wants-to-make-luxury-goods-impossible-to-fake-starting-with-a-chip

Gian lận thương mại trực tuyến đang gia tăng đáng báo động với hàng loạt sản phẩm không rõ nguồn gốc, giả mạo xuất xứ tuồn ra thị trường qua các sàn thương mại điện tử. Cấp thiết cần giải pháp ngăn chặn hiệu quả! #GianLậnThươngMại #HàngGiả #ThươngMạiĐiệnTử #EcommerceFraud #CounterfeitGoods #OnlineSecurity

https://vtcnews.vn/gian-lan-thuong-mai-tren-khong-gian-mang-ngay-cang-tang-cach-nao-ngan-chan-ar995857.html

**Đánh đầu trong việc mua thuốc lá giả côngungsweise Campuchia, 5 người bị khởi tố!**
Cơ quan công an phát hiện 2 ô tô vận chuyển thuốc lá giả thương hiệu Việt. Sựnudتداء dẫn đến lifting đường sản xuất tại Campuchia.

#Smuggling #CounterfeitGoods #VietnamCigarettes #Cambodia #LawEnforcement
#Dẫn Dẫn #Thuốc Lá Giả #M Très Cimento #CCQR

https://vtcnews.vn/triet-pha-duong-day-buon-ban-thuoc-la-gia-san-xuat-tu-campuchia-khoi-to-5-nguoi-ar995592.html

Đẩy mạnh ngăn chặn hàng giả, hàng nhái trên các sàn thương mại điện tử nhằm bảo vệ người tiêu dùng và đảm bảo môi trường kinh doanh công bằng. Cục Quản lý thị trường tăng cường thanh tra, xử lý nghiêm các hành vi vi phạm trong lĩnh vực thương mại điện tử.

#CounterfeitGoods #EcommerceSafety #MarketManagement #HàngGiả #HàngNhái #ThươngMạiĐiệnTử #QLTT #Antenews #VietnamMarket #AnToànMuaSam #FakeProducts #OnlineShopping #TradeManagement #HàngChínhHiệu #ConsumerProtection #BảoVệNgườiTiêuDùng #Ecom

Interestingly The Met didn't organise this, the National Crime Agency did, which is sort of our attempt at an FBI

Shitty phone and vape batteries can kill!

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/11/success-is-shutting-them-down-met-police-in-fight-against-vape-and-phone-shops

#London #CounterfeitGoods #TheMet #NCA #UKCrime

Kiểm tra đột xuất ở An Giang: Lực lượng Quản lý thị trường thu giữ hơn 21.000 sản phẩm kém chất lượng, nghi hàng giả; chuyển hồ sơ điều tra.
#AnGiang #QuanLyThiTruong #HàngGiả #ChấtLượng #SảnPhẩm #Vietnam #MarketInspection #CounterfeitGoods #QualityControl

https://vietnamnet.vn/kiem-tra-dot-xuat-thu-giu-hon-21-000-san-pham-kem-chat-luong-nghi-hang-gia-2460456.html

Công an Đồng Nai đang làm việc với ca sĩ Đoàn Di Băng về vai trò trong vụ “Sản xuất, buôn bán hàng giả”, liên quan đến mô hình đa cấp Lô Hội và cái tên Nguyễn Quốc Vũ. #ĐồngNai #ĐoànDiBăng #LôHội #ĐaCấp #HàngGiả #VietnamNews #CounterfeitGoods #MLM #Singer

https://vietnamnet.vn/vo-chong-phat-tu-da-cap-lo-hoi-va-vai-tro-doan-di-bang-trong-vu-an-hang-gia-2459688.html

Cơ quan điều tra cần vào cuộc làm rõ dấu hiệu sản xuất dầu nhớt giả từ vụ diesel tái chế từ nhớt thải. Các văn bản từ Bộ KHCN và Bộ Công thương đã làm sáng tỏ vấn đề: xác định rõ ai sản xuất và tiêu thụ hàng giả. Cần có biện pháp mạnh tay để bảo vệ người tiêu dùng.

#DầuNhớtGiả #FakeLubricantOil #HàngGiả #CounterfeitGoods #BảoVệNgườiTiêuDùng #ConsumerProtection #DầuDiesel #Diesel #ChấtLượng #QualityControl #VTCNews
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https://vtcnews.vn/co-quan-dieu-tra-can-vao-cuoc-lam-ro-dau-hieu-san-xuat-d

DJ Ngân 98 vừa bị bắt giữ vì liên quan đến hành vi sản xuất và buôn bán hàng giả là thực phẩm.

Ngân 98 được biết đến rộng rãi với vai trò là DJ và là bạn gái của nhạc sĩ Lương Bằng Quang. Cô là một trong những nhân vật tai tiếng và vướng nhiều scandal nhất trong showbiz Việt.

#Ngan98 #DJNgan98 #LươngBằngQuang #showbizViệt #bịbắt #hànggiả
#Ngan98 #DJNgan98 #VietnameseShowbiz #arrested #counterfeitgoods

https://vietnamnet.vn/dj-ngan-98-vua-bi-bat-tai-tieng-bac-nhat-showbiz-scandal-day-dac-24520

Counterfeit TikTok toys seized in Swansea shops amid collector craze

A surge in demand for collectible TikTok toys has led to more than 1,500 counterfeit items being seized from shops across Swansea, as part of a major investigation by Swansea Council’s Trading Standards Team.

The plush ‘Labubu’ toys, manufactured by Pop Mart, have exploded in popularity thanks to viral social media posts and celebrity endorsements from stars including Dua Lipa and Rihanna. The highly sought-after keyrings and plushies are often packaged in ‘blind boxes’, where buyers don’t know which character they’ll receive until they open it. Many are being resold online and in shops for double or triple their original price.

But recent visits to over a dozen Swansea retailers revealed a darker side to the craze: counterfeit products of poor quality, posing potential risks to children’s safety. Officers seized over 1,500 fake items in the latest phase of the Council’s wider crackdown on unsafe and illicit toys.

Rhys Harries, Swansea Council Trading Standards Team Leader, said:

“We’ve visited more than a dozen shops so far and have seized a large number of these toys. Some stores had already sold out due to demand, and many were unaware they were selling counterfeit products, believing them to be legitimate.”

“Some of the seized toys were extremely poor quality and could be easily pulled apart, which presents a serious choking hazard for babies and young children. We need businesses and parents alike to understand the dangers.”

The toy seizure comes on the back of a £10 million counterfeit toy operation led by Swansea Council in London, where Trading Standards officers tracked supply lines back to major distribution hubs outside the city.

Cllr. David Hopkins, Cabinet Member for Corporate Services and Performance, said:

“This counterfeit toy seizure is significant not only for Swansea, but for consumer protection across the UK. Our Trading Standards team has shown outstanding commitment to following the trail of fake and dangerous toys.”

Swansea Council is continuing its campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of counterfeit goods—especially when targeting young consumers—and urges businesses to remain vigilant about sourcing stock from trusted suppliers.

#CounterfeitGoods #CounterfeitToys #fakeToys #featured #Labubu #PopMart #Swansea #TikTok #TikTokToy #toySafety #toys #TradingStandards