Do we really have any privacy left?
The Financial Times today reports the story of an Ohio company that started tagging its employees with RFID tags for security reasons (via IFTF). The chips are implanted in the upper arm.
While this will likely raise serious civil liberty issues - you have to ask yourself how much privacy is still left in this day and age.
Google, Yahoo and a bunch of other companies have records of every web page you ever visited, every email you sent and received through their email services, and who knows, maybe even every chat you’ve had using their instant messenger app. Pretty soon, and if their newest service takes off, Google will have copies of every file on your desktop. Using embedded GPS technology, telephone companies and car manufacturers can track all your whereabouts. And when satellite image services become real time, anyone will be able to watch who comes and goes at your house.
Our privacy is the price we’re paying for technology advancements.
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February 13th, 2006 at 5:52 pm
Scary. I read on some Christian sites that some believe that these implanted chips are in the Book of Revelation. Whatever the case, I’m pretty sure we weren’t meant to live this way. It smacks of some of the more way-out sci-fi films and the potential for abuse seems rather high.
February 14th, 2006 at 10:25 am
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February 14th, 2006 at 10:27 am
If you want more privacy issue news then you must visit my web site http://www.rfidetail.com
or http://www.zombiewire.com
The two best out