This isn't a big surprise anymore, not after hearing about Echelon and Net Nanny-type crap. The question, it seems, is not 'Do I have privacy?' but 'Do I have control over MY privacy? And if not, who does?'. People argue for the freedom of information at the same time they beg for anonymity....Things are screwed up because we can't decide what the hell we want. Who says that the information is actually staying within companies and business? Maybe anyone with an agenda could just as easily purchase a profile on someone...What kind of security is being used to protect the information? These are the questions we should be asking, not just why and how. I don't advocate this, but find it hard to prevent. Things like this most likely can't be prevented, and if not, personal protection is always an option.
The overreaction is because there is no good reason not to let the kid have parental consent to make the contract legal...This is ridiculous because what harm is a kid going to do with a Draw program? Unlike those damned CD clubs, this WILL NOT rack up a 40$-or more-bill that the parents then have to pay off...
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This isn't a big surprise anymore, not after hearing about Echelon and Net Nanny-type crap. The question, it seems, is not 'Do I have privacy?' but 'Do I have control over MY privacy? And if not, who does?'. People argue for the freedom of information at the same time they beg for anonymity....Things are screwed up because we can't decide what the hell we want.
Who says that the information is actually staying within companies and business? Maybe anyone with an agenda could just as easily purchase a profile on someone...What kind of security is being used to protect the information? These are the questions we should be asking, not just why and how. I don't advocate this, but find it hard to prevent. Things like this most likely can't be prevented, and if not, personal protection is always an option.
The overreaction is because there is no good reason not to let the kid have parental consent to make the contract legal...This is ridiculous because what harm is a kid going to do with a Draw program? Unlike those damned CD clubs, this WILL NOT rack up a 40$-or more-bill that the parents then have to pay off...