Time for you to reline your tinfoil hat. :)
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:53:25 -0500 From: "phartz...@gmail.com" <phartz...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Twist in school spying scandal On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Art Clemons <artclem...@aol.com> wrote: > People can give up an awful lot of what > appears to be a right in order to work, or even get usage of a computer. Is that what the digital age is bringing us? As far as I can see, we are all surrendering a lot more of our rights and freedoms as a result of our digitally oriented lifestyles. I was just reading about digital "smart" electric meters that are being installed all across the country. These new meters collect electric usage statistics on a moment-to-moment basis and store those statistics. These stats can be used to indicate what time people wake up, when they go to bed, when they cook their meals or take baths or leave for work and come home again. The collected stats can be sold by the electric utility companies to marketers, to be handed to governmental agencies or to just about anyone who will pay for the information that is gathered. Such information can even be hacked into for criminal purposes. There are virtually no rules, laws or guidelines to protect the privacy rights of persons who live where these meters are used. Steve
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