Creepy with a Capital C

[KristyHall]

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i have never seen it

 

[mom'sfolly]

There is all kinds of tracking technology out there already. RFIDs, GPSs in cell phones, cookies on computers, swipe strips on credit and debit cards, even some cars have tracking devices. I think that if this technology goes global, it will be mostly used for advertising and data shuffling.

I already find it a little Big Brother-ish that google and facebook edit my viewing. Google does sorting based on previous searches, geography and other modifiers, and tailors searches for each user. Your google search for won't turn up the same thing as mine. The thing I find the most insidious about this, is that it all re-enforces a particular person's world view. It is getting so that unless you go looking for it, it is hard to find an opinion or news program that disagrees with your own. If this technology is used for marketing, each persons world gets smaller. They only see the products, news and advertising that people just like them are interested in. It makes it harder to see difference, much less feel empathy for those who are different. JMHO

 

[welsummerchicks]

It's basically a cheapie fingerprint.

Doesn't bother me.

No technology can REALLY probe the twists and turns of my darkly humorous mind.....cackle.....

 

[maclady]

Ok here we go. Figure you have a cell phone, or a vehicle with onstar....you can be tracked at any time and you wouldn't even know it. Biometrics are used for security purposes in many sectors. Your internet time is always being tracked..facebook, apple, and many other vendors track what you do online all in the theme of making it easier to market just what you are interested in to you. Sound fishy to anyone? I am all for finding a cave to live in. Hate the idea that everything I do is so easily tracked by people I don't know and have no idea how or say in how the info is being used. Ethics questions abound when you get into this stuff and it is hard to ok here is where we draw the line cause you never know when you may hit a gray area. Just sayin.