[LINK] US-AMA far too complacent about human RFID tags

[Eleanor Lister]

Geoffrey Ramadan wrote:
> Roger Clarke wrote:
>> At 13:28 +1000 3/7/07, Geoffrey Ramadan wrote:
>>> 2) To link a previous thread, maybe you should look at using the
>>> technology to "shift the balance of power" so the "bastards" are NOT
>>> in control. Universal access to broadband I suspect will be a key
>>> ingredient in this.
>>
>> That's the David Brin 'privacy through transparency rather than
>> secrecy' thesis.
>>
>> It's naive, because it requires the powerful to willingly relinquish
>> power.  They don't *do* that kind of thing.
>>
>> http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/DV/CACM99.html#Brin
> I have read the article. I don't think it is about the Powerful
> "relinquishing" power, its about the "masses" obtaining NEW or
> shifting power delivered by the Internet. This is why China want to
> control access to the Internet.
>
> Geoff 

could we perhaps have a new form of intellectual property, PI (Personal
Identity) which requires organisations to only access personal data that
they are legally required to do or that you volunteer to supply?

you might charge a fee to some people (i'd make it HUGE for spammers)
and it would surely be linked to Moral Rights which protect Attribution
and Integrity.

just an idle thought ...

...ooO regards Ooo...
    EL

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