michael super moderator

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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:24 am Post subject: What's In Your Future? |
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Microchips with antennas will be embedded in virtually everything you buy, wear, drive and read, allowing retailers and law enforcement to track consumer items -- and, by extension, consumers -- wherever they go, from a distance.
A seamless, global network of electronic "sniffers" will scan radio tags in myriad public settings, identifying people and their tastes instantly so that customized ads, "live spam," may be beamed at them.
In "Smart Homes," sensors built into walls, floors and appliances will inventory possessions, record eating habits, monitor medicine cabinets -- all the while, silently reporting data to marketers eager for a peek into the occupants' private lives.
Will we have any privacy left? Do we have any now? Are you concerned? In what way?
Learn More _________________ “Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.”
David Starr Jordan |
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