The Archives
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08.13.07China enforces user tracking… scaryOnce in a while some news passes by that forces one to think about the future. Today, I saw one of these articles over at the New York Times entitled "China Enacting a High-Tech Plan to Track People". Eventually, it all burns down that in Shenzhen at least 20000 police surveillance cameras are being installed that automatically recognizes the faces of suspects and detects unusual activities. While, "fighting the crime" and spreading fear among people, always gets any surveillance approved (Hello Mr. Bush) there is another side to the story revealed. As stated in the article a residency card is being distributed ...
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06.11.07And there is another thing that worries me about GoogleRegarding my earlier post of today I just found out that Google's recent investment in 23andme, a service which will analyze people’s DNA, means that they may have access to people’s genetic makeup in the future. And that includes genetic flaws that might signal future health risks for them and their offspring. Google knowing what web searches we do today, or who we send emails to, is nothing compared with what may come in the future. This should get you thinking..........
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06.11.07Google and your privacyOk, I know a lot of people simply love Google. One of them is my wife, she thinks just about everything that Google does is cool and hype. Well, I guess she is not alone. Personally I start to become very sensitive to a company that starts buying more and more companies and does not only try to control the Internet, but is actually controlling the behavior of people and thus how they use the internet. People might argue that Microsoft is bad and evil, but I feel more evil towards Google and I think Google will have more power over ...
