[LINK] RFID enabled Mobile Phone for Health Monitoring

[Eleanor Lister]

the ad hominem attacks are a bad move, i suggest that when it gets
heated it usually means that the wrong question is being asked.

so what is the right question?

i'm not quite sure how i'd word it, but i suggest that the notion of a
"Wired World" comes in there somewhere, and perhaps this is one of the
manifestations of that.

i am told that IPv6 (?)  the dotted hex thing, would have enough codes
to give one for every grain of sand on earth ... is this true?  even if
not so, it's going to give an awfully large number of IP addresses, and
if every single RFID has one, we have to ask questions like "what is
privacy?  how is it preserved?  is it important?".

i think this is a change on the order of discovering fire, or inventing
the wheel ... it promises to change the world dramatically.

for the conspiracy folks, i note only that i really don't think anybody
is in control, it's just us monkeys surfing the waves of change, and i
am not surprised that Geoffrey admits to his links in his .sig, just as
i do in mine; we neither of us think that we're evil or demented, just
folks doing an honest day's work.

sure there are the wicked trying to exploit and manipulate us, but we
were given minds and hearts, and it is up to us to judge for ourselves,
and act accordingly.

all the rest is hot air.

regards,
    EL

P.S: i intended that rant to be slightly wider in scope, and i'd add in
the view from the wifi devices, mobile phones, and other equipment all
loosely linked together by those wiggly radio wave thingies.

Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 12:21:22PM +0930, Brenda Aynsley wrote:
>   
>> Craig Sanders wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> yes, so of course you'll use an example of voluntary use of technology
>>> for an individual's own benefit to gloss-over or even justify the use
>>> of similar technology to spy on unwilling or unknowing individuals for
>>> the benefit of marketers, manufacturers, police, spooks, and anyone else
>>> with an interest in the covert tracking of individuals and individual
>>> movement & behaviour.
>>>       
>> ahem, can we leave the paranoia at home when we write to this list ... 
>> in the interest of good argument and debate?  The attitude in the words 
>> strung together above will do a lot to foster debate ... NOT
>>
>> I actually share Craig's fears but I hope I might temper my language and 
>> 'tone' in emailing about the topic.
>>     
>
> IMO, it is necessary to counter the boosterism with a reminder about
> the negatives associated with the technology.
>
> Geoffrey is a representative of the industry and has a vested interest
> (and a demonstrated habit here on LINK) in spin-doctoring RFID and
> related technologies to make them seem like a marvellous and entirely
> positive benefit for humanity.
>
> that bias also needs to be highlighted in order to undermine its effect.
>
> in his favour, he does reveal his associations in his .sig - which is a good
> thing - if you happen to know what the Automatic Data Capture Association is,
> or what his company Unique Micro Design actually does.
>
> craig
>
>   


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