Just How Much Privacy Do We Have?

stuffman64 writes: "Popular Science is running an excellent article on just how private our daily lives are. The article chronicles a typical day of a make-believe Graphics Designer from Chicago. Throughout his day, he unwittingly supplies companies with information that can potentially be used against him. And with GPS-enabled cell phones just starting to hit the market, our privacy can only continue to deteriorate from here. A must read."

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Tracking isn't all bad...

[CProgrammer98]

From the article
"In May of this year, for example, an 18-year-old Miami girl was kidnapped and murdered on a Saturday night. By working with her bank to track transactions on her ATM card, the police were able to follow her abductors as they traveled from one location to another"

If the privacy advocates had their way, this criminal would probably still be out there.

'nuff said.

Re:Must be Yanks

[The Only Druid]

You know what, if you're embarassed about something you're dong, then you shouldn't be doing it. One of the simplest codes of moral ethics in the world is this: if you wouldn't be proud to have it printed on a t-shirt and worn by your mother (i.e. "my son masturbates to chinese fetish films") then you shouldn't be doing it. If you cant be proud of your actions, then YOU already know that you're doing something wrong. Grow up, and admit that everyone deserves to be held morally responsible for everything they do. As for the specific comment of gay porn being used to lambast family values, that reflects a current failure in most of the world to acknowledge homosexuality and bisexuality as natural: the fact is though, it is as much part of your personality (and thus appropriate to discuss for elections, hirings, etc.) as your skin color, religion, and personal interests.