The concept of my activities being tracked to me is very frightening. We are moving rapidly to a cashless society (the ease of use of debit cards and credit cards) and our purchases are getting easier and easier to track. So with the government endorsing the tracking our daily activities what to prevent say insurance agencies gaining access to these records to evaluate each of us by some algorythm do determine wether or not we are insurable.
"Well Jon Doe makes regular purchases at the the liquor store. That makes hime a prime candidate for cirrosis of the liver, therefore we must deny him medical insurance"
In my opinion the only logical next step to collecting data is acting on it.
CP
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The concept of my activities being tracked to me is very frightening. We are moving rapidly to a cashless society (the ease of use of debit cards and credit cards) and our purchases are getting easier and easier to track. So with the government endorsing the tracking our daily activities what to prevent say insurance agencies gaining access to these records to evaluate each of us by some algorythm do determine wether or not we are insurable. "Well Jon Doe makes regular purchases at the the liquor store. That makes hime a prime candidate for cirrosis of the liver, therefore we must deny him medical insurance" In my opinion the only logical next step to collecting data is acting on it. CP