Incredible, the amount of technology. This was a great book to hear about after the South Sound Tech conference, not to mention the World security conference last month. The author brought brings to light how technology being created is stripping away at the privacy that we hold so dear. WE get so excited over these really cool things being created yet Businesses and governmental agencies exploiting this technology. Like the guy getting a speeding ticket by just being tracked by the GPS. Incredible!!
I guess i shouldn't be surprised, i think our world, our culture is already hyper desensitized. If you have been around long enough to know or remember what TV looked like 20, 30 or so years ago, you would have to agree. Leave it to Beaver and brady bunch days would never have thought about crossing the lines of invading privacies. Well, maybe i'm wrong, but society as a whole would be way more appauled by the invasion. Honestly, i don't think that many people are concerned about the ramifications. Especially after 911. Some people think we need to have more sensorship and we need to be spying on more people. If we had, we may have uncovered the plot before they had a chance to fly thier planes into the buildings. "All for the greater good"... that is how our privacy will all be rationalized away. Interesting book, interesting topic. Good presentation.
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