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Just How Much Privacy Do We Have?

Posted by timothy on from the enough-to-resent-the-loss-of-the-rest dept.

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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  1. Re:Another good PopSci Read by stuffman64 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    No, that is not tuition, but in fact the sum of all the money I pay to Penn State every year. It may be somewhat inflated, but tution+room and board+books+other shit, it becomes close to that figure. And I'm a Computer Engineering Major, nothing to do with the horrid libral arts.

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  2. Major league baseball... by tuxedo-steve · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... is spying on you through the fillings in your teeth!

    Just kidding. Now, who wants to see me slug one over the fence and into the carpark?

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  3. Re: Terrorist Eating habits? by IsoRashi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Terrorist Mutant Ninja Turtles Terrorist Mutant Ninja Turtles Terrorist Mutant Ninja Turtles Terrors in a half-shell, turtle power! The Feds should be scouring the sewers then I guess?

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