Katherine Albrecht

Katherine Albrecht
Born1968 (age 55–56)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard Graduate School of Education
Occupationconsumer privacy advocate
Known forVice President (VP) of Startpage.com

Dr. Katherine Albrecht is a consumer privacy advocate, Vice President (VP) of Startpage.com[1] and spokesperson against radio-frequency identification (RFID). Albrecht devised the term "spy chips" to describe RFID tags such as those embedded in passport cards and certain enhanced United States driver's licenses. Albrecht holds Doctorate in Human Development and Consumer Education from Harvard University.[2]


Albrecht was interviewed about RFID chips in Aaron Russo's 2006 documentary America: From Freedom to Fascism.

  1. ^ "Startpage: a 'private' search engine, but who'll care?". Crikey. 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  2. ^ Jim Isaak (2014). "Dr. Katherine Albrecht".