It's hard to get worked up about the idea of the government snooping through our hard drives if we back them up on Google when they have already asserted the right to break into our houses to access the originals without telling us. And encrypting the contents seems beside the point when they have also asserted the right to torture us to reveal the password. [Fingers are easier to break than PGP.] Besides, it's not as if you even need to have *done* anything to end up on the other end of a feeding tube in Guantanamo. So I respectfully suggest that we have more pressing concerns at the moment than the possibility that Google will make targeted marketing more accurate.
As someone who grew up in the metaphorical shadow of the World Trade Center and now lives less than two miles from Temple Square in Salt Lake City - and thus whose workplace is at least 50% LDS - I can affirm this. They're culturally backwards and irresponsibly prolific, but other than that they make fine neighbors: polite, industrious, and hygienic.
You're relying on the competence and well-intentionedness of the FBI? Randy Weaver got $3 million. But his wife is still dead. Can't speak for others - but my wife is worth a lot more than $3 million to me. [And yes, Randy Weaver is a racist scumbag. But he's still entitled to equal protection under the law.]
The historical record is very, very clear. Governments *routinely* abuse whatever power they have. Sometimes from the malfeasance of an individual, but more often because it simply makes their jobs easier. And RFID tags have the potential to give them a great deal of power. As such, they should be feared and resisted.
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Entering http://slashdot.org/ retrieved about a dozen sites of varying usefulness. Butt-ugly though.
It's hard to get worked up about the idea of the government snooping through our hard drives if we back them up on Google when they have already asserted the right to break into our houses to access the originals without telling us. And encrypting the contents seems beside the point when they have also asserted the right to torture us to reveal the password. [Fingers are easier to break than PGP.] Besides, it's not as if you even need to have *done* anything to end up on the other end of a feeding tube in Guantanamo. So I respectfully suggest that we have more pressing concerns at the moment than the possibility that Google will make targeted marketing more accurate.
"Isn't he a trusting soul?" - Bugs Bunny The Roberts court serves only one master. And it's not the United Stated Constitution.
As someone who grew up in the metaphorical shadow of the World Trade Center and now lives less than two miles from Temple Square in Salt Lake City - and thus whose workplace is at least 50% LDS - I can affirm this. They're culturally backwards and irresponsibly prolific, but other than that they make fine neighbors: polite, industrious, and hygienic.
You're relying on the competence and well-intentionedness of the FBI? Randy Weaver got $3 million. But his wife is still dead. Can't speak for others - but my wife is worth a lot more than $3 million to me. [And yes, Randy Weaver is a racist scumbag. But he's still entitled to equal protection under the law.] The historical record is very, very clear. Governments *routinely* abuse whatever power they have. Sometimes from the malfeasance of an individual, but more often because it simply makes their jobs easier. And RFID tags have the potential to give them a great deal of power. As such, they should be feared and resisted.