Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Do you value privacy?

Many friends and acquaintances I've spoken with lately have no real problem with being tracked by corporations or the government through RFID (or any other) methods. For instance, some of my friends don't mind if Wal-Mart knows what they buy or when they shop, since they're "not doing anything wrong" and since we're really *already* trackable by our credit card or grocery store card purchases.

Some don't mind if the government tracks them, for similar reasons that they're innocent of crimes and acts of terrorism.

Did it ever occur to you that if you're using a highway "SpeedPass" that you're leaving a breadcrumb trail and publishing your movements? Does that bother you in any way? For most people, probably not.

Thoughts?

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