I have been following this story as well. it's scary how fast that all happened, and I am still AMAZED that no one thought to look for the full speech before recommending ANYTHING, let alone taking action.
I heard this morning that sherrod is looking into legal action against the right-wing blogger who started the whole thing, which, while I would be doing the same thing in her shoes, I don't know if she's going to get anywhere with it. proving malicious intent on the internet is gonna be a hard case to make, even in this scenario.
your thinking here IS scary. my coworkers and I were talking yesterday about the soon-to-be-upgraded GPS signals that will be like big brother on your phone. already, if you walk down the street in NYC and pass a starbucks, your fone will send you a coupon or something as you walk by. imagine being able to walk down an aisle in the grocery store and have a satellite know where you are w/i 2', and the fone would have access to your shopping history in the store, and your weight-loss goals and calorie counter, and your pedometer, and your fone might ping you that hay, you walked down this aisle the last time you were here and bought frosted flakes. since you're trying to lose 5lbs, you should get x-cereal instead, here's a coupon, and also here's all the nutrition info for comparison.
I mean, we're really heading that direction. it's gonna be minority report, but w/gps vs. eyeballs. and w/all the cameras both public and private being put in all over the country... privacy is going to become a huge huge HUGE issue. that, or we'll give it up in the name of safety and convenience, and before we know it we'll be waking up to big brother's patriotic speech and going to bed by curfew.
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Date: 2010-07-22 02:10 pm (UTC)I heard this morning that sherrod is looking into legal action against the right-wing blogger who started the whole thing, which, while I would be doing the same thing in her shoes, I don't know if she's going to get anywhere with it. proving malicious intent on the internet is gonna be a hard case to make, even in this scenario.
your thinking here IS scary. my coworkers and I were talking yesterday about the soon-to-be-upgraded GPS signals that will be like big brother on your phone. already, if you walk down the street in NYC and pass a starbucks, your fone will send you a coupon or something as you walk by. imagine being able to walk down an aisle in the grocery store and have a satellite know where you are w/i 2', and the fone would have access to your shopping history in the store, and your weight-loss goals and calorie counter, and your pedometer, and your fone might ping you that hay, you walked down this aisle the last time you were here and bought frosted flakes. since you're trying to lose 5lbs, you should get x-cereal instead, here's a coupon, and also here's all the nutrition info for comparison.
I mean, we're really heading that direction. it's gonna be minority report, but w/gps vs. eyeballs. and w/all the cameras both public and private being put in all over the country... privacy is going to become a huge huge HUGE issue. that, or we'll give it up in the name of safety and convenience, and before we know it we'll be waking up to big brother's patriotic speech and going to bed by curfew.
not that I think about this a lot or anything :P