Friday, April 30, 2010

A few more links

Please don't disregard the previous post(s) because of this one.  And to those poor suckers who missed Wednesday's class, you might want to study up on the Singularity.  (I'm just saying...)

Mostly, I just wanted to share a few more things with you while the blog still lives:

Net Neutrality
Perspectives on proprietary software
The EFF
The Onion

And the front page of Thursday's Times has a story headlined, "Now Accepting Cash, Checks or Cellphone," which includes this:
"[These companies] are creating innovative ways for individuals to avoid cash and checks and settle all debts, public and private, using their cellphones."  
Sounds good, but consider the likelihood that every transaction you make will be tracked and stored by entities you're unaware of, along with more information, like your precise location, your search queries, your affiliations, your thoughts....

4 comments:

  1. As it is, the pictures I take on my cell phone are labeled with my precise location. If my phone is lost or stolen I can track it's exact location from another phone my sending a secret text. I'm sure the location is tracked on my phone everytime I make a phone call or text.

    I'm sure that's exactly where we're headed. Can't Google determine our thoughts with the information they've had for years?

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