Re: The End of Privacy ?

From: davelook (davelook@gsinet.net)
Date: Thu Jul 02 1998 - 19:27:01 MDT


>VirgilT7@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> No, you missed the point of that part of the article. The author didn't
mean
>> track as in note when and where you used your government ID card (since
the
>> government would OF COURSE be aware of when and where you used it,
presumably,
>> excluding the use of it for entrance into clubs or such) but meant that
the
>> government could actually track your movements even when you didn't use
it.
>>
>Worrying about your magnetic strips being tracked in this fashion is silly.
>However, if you carry a cell phone with you, you are in fact being
constantly
>tracked by a large and pervasive computer system under the control of a
>large and pervasive organization. So what?
>

    "So what?" You're kidding, right? You don't the thought of Big Brother
tracking your every move?



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