Track Us Made Easy
I remember a long time ago reading Midnight by Dean Koontz and thinking to myself, how stupid would it be for people to let a corporation, or the government for that matter, implant something in our body, for any purpose, let alone tracking our every move. It seemed to be an absurd premise for a book, but then, so was 50,000 Leagues Under the Sea at the time it was released. (Both were outstanding reads BTW)
Fast forward to present day and I still stand by my initial argument that implanting something in us by the government or a corporation would cross a line and create huge public retaliation. But, what if they could create something that we could carry around, only if we wanted to, or used daily, again only if we wanted to, that would monitor all of our daily activity? I can't stress this enough, this would be strictly voluntary and only those people who wanted to be tracked would participate. Twenty years ago I would have bet the people in line to sign up for that program you could count on one hand -- then Steve Jobs and Google created something that monitors our every move, AND, we often stand in line for hours to get the latest version when they come out.
I've read several articles in the past week or so detailing how much information about us is available to anyone or any thing (Government or Corporation) that wishes to purchase it. The iPhone tracks our movements by GPS, Google (and the other search engines) track everything we do on-line, and we ourselves, often post numerous updates on Twitter and Facebook detailing our daily activities.
I'll let everyone think about this for a while. Not only did the Government and Corporations find a way to get more private information about us than they ever thought possible, but we stand in line to pay for the privilege to provide it to them.
Go figure.
Fast forward to present day and I still stand by my initial argument that implanting something in us by the government or a corporation would cross a line and create huge public retaliation. But, what if they could create something that we could carry around, only if we wanted to, or used daily, again only if we wanted to, that would monitor all of our daily activity? I can't stress this enough, this would be strictly voluntary and only those people who wanted to be tracked would participate. Twenty years ago I would have bet the people in line to sign up for that program you could count on one hand -- then Steve Jobs and Google created something that monitors our every move, AND, we often stand in line for hours to get the latest version when they come out.
I've read several articles in the past week or so detailing how much information about us is available to anyone or any thing (Government or Corporation) that wishes to purchase it. The iPhone tracks our movements by GPS, Google (and the other search engines) track everything we do on-line, and we ourselves, often post numerous updates on Twitter and Facebook detailing our daily activities.
I'll let everyone think about this for a while. Not only did the Government and Corporations find a way to get more private information about us than they ever thought possible, but we stand in line to pay for the privilege to provide it to them.
Go figure.
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