The privacy groups want the ID feature permanently removed from the chip and said they will continue expanding the boycott campaign until Intel does so. Several have significant investments in Intel. Socially responsible investors have strongly influenced corporate decision-making in favor of causes such as human rights. The export of the chips to such countries will not only compromise human rights and freedom of expression, but could endanger those involved in political reform and human rights advocacy. The protection of privacy in the twenty-first century may be as great a challenge as the protection of the environment has been in the twentieth century.
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