Supposing this isn't a hoax I fail to see how a device like this is going to promote a sense of security. If anything I would think devices like these would only engender a stronger sense of paranoia in an fully implanted and implemented populace. Just think of all the wonderful possiblities. Corporate employers could install snooping devices that are designed to watch and listen to suspect employees as they move in and out of each device's respective field of vision and hearing. Recorded images from security cameras could conveniently list your name, address and phone number... Mybe this would instill a greater sense of corporate security, but you could imagine the poor slob being watched.
And all that information I suppose would wind up a databse somewhere. Seeing as that information would be continually updated it would have to be permanently connected to the net, making it vulnerable to attack. Somehow I think this site would be a popular target.
Last but not least, the biblical implications are just too freaky. I'm no catholic here, but I due to my interest in paranoia and conspiracy I have read the book of revelations and the parallels here a just a little too creepy for my taste.
I don't know about the rest of you but I LIKE the fact that I can disappear once in a while and live privately and anonymously.
Reading this all I could think of was those scenes in THX 1138 where Robert Duvall is trying to get some consolation from the auto-priest booth. Only to get the same prepackaged replies again and again...
"citizen kosAi your attention span has become too short... M$ pharmacy prescribes a dosage of 2 capsules of ritalin failure to comply is a federal offense."
(footnote:Bill G owns large parts of a pharmaceutical company amongst other things. Extend, Embrace and Extinguish baby)
How about that scene where they freeze duvall's brain for a few moments when they realize he's not stoned enough to do his job???
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And all that information I suppose would wind up a databse somewhere. Seeing as that information would be continually updated it would have to be permanently connected to the net, making it vulnerable to attack. Somehow I think this site would be a popular target.
Last but not least, the biblical implications are just too freaky. I'm no catholic here, but I due to my interest in paranoia and conspiracy I have read the book of revelations and the parallels here a just a little too creepy for my taste.
I don't know about the rest of you but I LIKE the fact that I can disappear once in a while and live privately and anonymously.
"citizen kosAi your attention span has become too short... M$ pharmacy prescribes a dosage of 2 capsules of ritalin failure to comply is a federal offense."
(footnote:Bill G owns large parts of a pharmaceutical company amongst other things. Extend, Embrace and Extinguish baby)
How about that scene where they freeze duvall's brain for a few moments when they realize he's not stoned enough to do his job???