BartSimpson BartSimpson:
I oppose this kind of thing on civil liberty grounds - I do not want to walk around as in Britain with Big Brother constantly watching from a camera.
In the not-so-distant future microchipped people will walk around Britain and they'll be on camera and anyone monitoring those cameras will have the personal information of everyone they watch at their fingertips. As it is, RFID on some credit cards makes it possible for US Homeland Security to see what credit cards you have when you come through their checkpoints.
Sorry, but I'm with the CT guys on this one if only for the fact that such things can happen and should absolutely be prevented.
Bart, do you find it noteable that a younger generation of children is growing up thinking it is entirely normal to voluntarily make one's life visible through technology to the masses, i.e. to be on camera at all times? I'm thinking youTube, reality tv etc. I constantly battle within myself using online tools for the convenience of keeping in touch with far flung family and friends and the reality that once it's out there...
As it is, my debit card tracks my general whereabouts quite effectively throughout a common day. I don't think I would be shocked at the way in which my daily life could be reconstructed through the tech. already in use. Debit cards, library cards, even my oil change on my car today has been logged. I'm no Luddite, but sometimes I feel anxiety at the pervasiveness of technology in my daily life. Or perhaps more accurately, the awareness of how much of my life is actually 'private'.
(edited capping of Luddite)