[LINK] Surveillance in extremis

[Jan Whitaker]

At 10:26 AM 28/08/2006, you wrote:
>stick to the facts Ma'am...my source on the ground in Ryde has passed on a 
>copy of the local paper

I hope you weren't suggesting that I was stating any facts or even 
attempting to. I don't live in Ryde, or even NSW! :-)

BTW, these tags are being used in Ireland as well. One of our Aust. Privacy 
Board members just sent a note that it is being called 'bin brother' there

>Just saw a paper here in Galway reporting that 500,000 Irish rubbish bins 
>(wheely bins) have been implanted with sensor chips from a German company, 
>with no discussion by most councils which went along with it. Why? For 
>efficiency, to reduce neighbour disputes, and potentially to monitor how 
>much recycling you are doing. Privacy advocates noted potential to hack 
>into the related remote database and track who is home by changes in 
>rubbish volume etc. Being called "Bin Brother".

so I'm not alone in my concern.

Jan


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