Reading #1 -- 'No Place To Hide' - http://www.noplacetohide.net/chapter.html
Wow. Kind of makes you want to stop using your credit cards and patronizing stores. Why are there so many different companies manufacturing these RFID chips and who is gathering all that information, and for what purpose??
Nefarious? Good? Why do they need to know where we shop, what we eat, read, and what brand of dog food we purchase? How will this information help National Security, or our Country?
If I knew what it was that they wanted, and why, it might make a difference on how some people deal with this new technology.
"A couple of organizations, including a federation of research universities, are working on a standard that would enable every manufactured item in the world to be given a unique ID, at least theoretically... Researchers discount as shrill the criticism and focus instead on the enormous potential for improving logistics and customer convenience... The tags, embedded in shoes or luggage or the seams of trousers - officials are contemplating embedding them in airline tickets - might be just the thing for aviation or building security. Or for the intelligence officials who believe that some form of Total Information Awareness will make us safer. Once again, marketers would be leading the way."
So, how do we avoid being "tagged", or "ID'd"? Should we worry that it will not make us safer? Or should we not worry about it, being the good, solid, law abiding citizens, and go about out business?
Reading #2 -- TIA - http://www.epic.org/privacy/profiling/tia/
I consider myself to be a good citizen. I pay my taxes, mortgage, try to stay out of debt, don't carry weapons around, I do need to slow down more while driving, but, I still don't worry that the police need to worry with me, they have other things to do.
Why are there so many lawmakers who are so opposed to these kinds of technology? How many times lately have we seen Congressmen, and other elected representatives in the news for illegal activities? How does this happen? They should be upholding and sustaining the very laws they are breaking.
Who monitors the agencies gathering the information?
Just a thought.
Reading #3 -- No longer there.
Muddies Point: Just wondering what will happen when bad 'hackers' break into our government's computer system, and what will they do with all that information that's been collected? Fraud is a major problem now. If information like this is stored, how will my family be protected?
Comments: I commented on Lori's blog: https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6958200230416907745&postID=6203203639829771187
Alison's blog: https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8349965223663731455&postID=1914246662763828702&page=0
Corrine's blog: https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5477147704203276697&postID=566039529536103427
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
2 comments:
Hey Joan--great comments! I should have looked for your blog earlier! Slow sometimes... I have to agree, WHO is paying attention on how we use our CCs? What kind of store we patronize? It does make you wonder how the more technology advances, the more someone else knows about us. Look how easy it is to get on a computer and look up someones address, what their house looks like, how much they paid for it and what they pay in taxes. Google Earth even has a feature where they show all the houses on the street--at eye level. YEP, you can almost walk up to my front door! Scary!
I really enjoyed reading your comments for this week's readings. I thought it was interesting that Wal-Mart was the first to demand, yes, demand, that manufacturers provide inventory with RFID. Then, lo and behold, the government decides that it's a good idea! Hmmm, isn't that a bit backwards? RFIDs in shoes, trousers - will it be possible to "live off the tag" like "living off the grid"? Good point about the monitoring of the monitoring companies. I would think it's the government again, but who can say for certain? They're still more worried about the library books I'm borrowing!
Post a Comment