I go to University of Wisconsin-Madison, and I guess I'm not an admin, but I do work for our campus network. Our concern is mostly bandwidth. If you're running a server (proxy, web, mp3, etc.), legal or illegal, that is interfering with the ability of others to connect, or slowing them down considerably, you will be asked to take your server offline. If you do as they ask, no problems. Only if you're being a jerk about the whole thing would they consider any type of disciplinary action.
If your activities aren't bothering anyone else, you can pretty much do as you please. Not a bad deal.
...and not jumping to Orwellian conclusions! Personally, I see a great many uses for this technology besides the "Big Brother" type. As mentioned, this would be gret for researchers. For example: to tag a shark, the electronic tag is attached to the dorsal fin, where it transmits for a week to perhaps a month, then falls off. However, with an implanted chip, the tag would not fall off, allowing scientists to track the animal for much longer. Another benefit is that a tiny implanted chip would be much more comfortable for the animal than current tags that either hang from the ear, or look like silver backpacks in the case of penguins. I would imagine that these become snagged or unwieldly. Also, this could be used for pets. Cats, dogs, even birds have a tendancy to escape, and your chances of finding them again are fairly slim. However, an implanted chip would be great. Can I imagine this being used in humans? Well, I have read 1984 and the like. But I have serious doubts that in the real world, this would ever come to pass. We need to stop fearing new technology for it's potential misuses, and embrace it for it's benefits.
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I go to University of Wisconsin-Madison, and I guess I'm not an admin, but I do work for our campus network. Our concern is mostly bandwidth. If you're running a server (proxy, web, mp3, etc.), legal or illegal, that is interfering with the ability of others to connect, or slowing them down considerably, you will be asked to take your server offline. If you do as they ask, no problems. Only if you're being a jerk about the whole thing would they consider any type of disciplinary action.
If your activities aren't bothering anyone else, you can pretty much do as you please. Not a bad deal.
...and not jumping to Orwellian conclusions! Personally, I see a great many uses for this technology besides the "Big Brother" type. As mentioned, this would be gret for researchers. For example: to tag a shark, the electronic tag is attached to the dorsal fin, where it transmits for a week to perhaps a month, then falls off. However, with an implanted chip, the tag would not fall off, allowing scientists to track the animal for much longer. Another benefit is that a tiny implanted chip would be much more comfortable for the animal than current tags that either hang from the ear, or look like silver backpacks in the case of penguins. I would imagine that these become snagged or unwieldly. Also, this could be used for pets. Cats, dogs, even birds have a tendancy to escape, and your chances of finding them again are fairly slim. However, an implanted chip would be great. Can I imagine this being used in humans? Well, I have read 1984 and the like. But I have serious doubts that in the real world, this would ever come to pass. We need to stop fearing new technology for it's potential misuses, and embrace it for it's benefits.