[brlug-poly] Is this where Bill wants us to be in the future?

[Will Hill]

Awesome and well done.  

While the library information might be a little overboard, your "reward" and 
credit card can easily provide all of the other  information to those willing 
to pay the price.  This is the kind of thing that used to cost a gossipy 
local grocer his business in the past but does nothing to chain stores.  RFID 
will make things much worse if we let it.  

I can imagine insurance and financial companies playing the same game.  Ten 
years ago, someone my wife and I knew told us how she looked up all her 
friend's debt information when she worked as a clerk at a collection agency.  
She found medical information and tormented a mutual friend with it in front 
of us.  The "Choice Point" scandal shows us how close we are.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choicepoint

Other information presented should remain public.  Directory listings and 
crime statistics are useful public records, compiled at public expense.  

While the nightmare is obvious the fix is not.  Some information needs to be 
public and there are serious free speech issues involved with the rest.  





On Tuesday 28 February 2006 09:07 am, Richards Jr, Edward C. wrote:
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