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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. One thing about privacy... by Devil's+BSD · · Score: 2, Troll

    I'm one of those believers that if you don't have anything to hide, you wouldn't be concerned about privacy. I don't do anything bad; I'm not about to blow up the Chuck E. Cheese's down the street with a dirty bomb or anything. And the GPS enabled cell phones could help with rescur operations, like in the article. In fact, the article in the magazines mention stuff about GPS locations being beamed only if a button is pressed. The article also mentions ATM cameras, street cameras, the supermarket discount cards, tollbooths, IM's, emails, medical insurance databases, and more. There is not really anything new for the well-educated slashdotter though.

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  2. maybe its just me.... by Datasage · · Score: 0, Troll

    but if you have nothing to hide why should you be afraid of cameras in public places. if your a regular john doe your not going to get any attention paid to you. cellphones might be a little more worrysome if data fell into the wrong hands... but i think 911 locating it quite useful. What about the incedents your really not sure where you are? As for purchase tracking... have you heard of cash?

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  3. CRAP by jukal · · Score: 3, Troll

    You could hope that articles like this never got posted on Slashdot - atleast without any critisim in the intro to the article. Slashdot is supposed to have readers that atleast pretend to know something about technology. It is very easy to write a such of terrifying provocating horrorshow of article on about any matter related to technology. The popular science magazine, in this case, is just the "popularism magazine".

    If you want to read something real about the same matter, browse to EFF 'Privacy - Surveillance & Wiretapping' Archive.