He..he.. bener juga...nggak bisa lagi bolos sekolah-bolos kerja, nanti bayi lahir sudah dipasang GPS supaya nggak ketuker atau ilang..he..he..jadi keingetan filem enemy of the states-nya gene hackman..;-))
2009/2/8 nayarini estiningsih <[email protected]> > hahaha, lucu juga artikelnya... > gini nih, teknologi ada sisi positif dan negatifnya > > di sini (UK) pemakaian aplikasi GPS, sesederhana google maps, jika sekedar > pengin tahu rute dari titik A ke B makan waktu berapa menit, sudah sangat > umum (nenek2 juga tahu aplikasi ini, hehe). > > yg sudah sangat umum lagi sekarang adalah pemakaian SATNAV (satellite > navigation), jika ingin nyetir ke tempat yg kita belum pernah tahu. ini > sangat membantu, jadi ga ada lagi pepatah, malu bertanya sesat di jalan. > aplikasi ini softwarenya sudah mencakup seluruh wilayah eropa barat plus > amerika. ga tahu mungkin negara kayak jepang juga sudah punya SATNAV. > softwarenya berisi seluruh jalan dan tempat-tempat penting (POINT OF > INTEREST), hingga memudahkan kita untuk mencari (misalnya) pom bensin > terdekat saat kita nyetir dan bensin mau habis, di kota yg kita belum > familiar. tinggal pencet tombol2 di screen, informasi dari satelit di depan > mata. > > satu lagi yg mulai marak (seperti artikel di bawah), adalah aplikasi GPS di > HP. contohnya: banyak perusahaan yg memberikan fasilitas HP+pulsa ke > karyawannya (di sini banyak karyawan yg boleh kerja dari rumah, termasuk > kantorku), jadi si boss selalu tahu keberadaan karyawannya dg traking GPS > melalui HP. jadi jika misal kita harusnya di London, tapi ternyata lagi di > Birmingham, boss akan tau bahwa kita lagi ga di London, susah bohong, hahaha > > pemakaian latitute yg kebanyakan juga serem, jadi ga ada privasi, terutama > buat cewek, bisa bahaya jika ada cowo psycho (stalker), hihi. banyak kasus > sudah terjadi, jadi mending hati-hati. teknologi makin canggih, penjahatnya > juga tambah canggih. > > oya, kantorku emang lokasinya enak, kalo musim panas bisa makan siang di > deket sungai kecil yg mengalir di sela2 lahan hijau, tenang, bebas polusi > dan sejuk. cuman sekarang lagi salju, jadi ga pas, bisa beku di luar, hehe. > rumah tempat kos-ku yg di sebelah kanan pin. kodepos itu mencakup seluruh > rumah di new school road, jadi pin-nya jatuh di rumah tetangga sebelah, > hehe. kodepos di sini cukup rapi dan akurat, jadi kalo pengin maen ke rumah > teman, tanya kodeposnya saja, pasti sampe depan rumah tanpa perlu turun > mobil, tanya tetangga, atau telpon2an nanya arah. > > itu sekilas aplikasi teknologi di UK, dengan memanfaatkan sisi positif > teknologi GPS. > > esti-UK > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Hizbullah Arief <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected]; jurnalis profetik < > [email protected]>; Tomi Satryatomo <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, February 8, 2009 6:32:05 > *Subject:* [SMUN 1 Demak] Analisis menarik dari Observer tentang Google > Latitude > > > > Taking too much Latitude > > http://www.guardian .co.uk/commentis free/2009/ feb/06/google- > privacy-libertyc > entral<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/06/google-privacy-libertycentral> > > Some think it's harmless fun, but Google's personal tracking system could > prove deeply sinister > > Comments > (39)<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/06/google-privacy-libertycentral?commentpage=1> > > - [image: Paul Lewis] <http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/paullewis> > - > - Paul Lewis <http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/paullewis> > - guardian.co. uk <http://www.guardian.co.uk/>, Saturday 7 February > 2009 13.00 GMT > - Article > history<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/06/google-privacy-libertycentral#history-byline> > > Where are you now? An office, a library, an internet cafe in Calcutta? > Are you somewhere you shouldn't be? Perhaps you're reading this on your > mobile phone after taking the day off work to stomp in the snow? Have you > sneaked away from your desk for a cigarette? > > It's a silly question really, because I know where you are. I'm looking at > you now. And not just me, but your family, friends and work colleagues too. > We're all looking at you. Move, and a smiling icon of your face will glide > across a personalised map on our computer screens. > > Anyone who sees Google <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/google>'s > tracking > system<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/feb/05/google-mobilephones>launched > this week as nothing more than a cool gadget is playing with with > fire. > > Some have characterised yesterday's critical House of > Lords<http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/06/surveillance-privacy-dna-database>report > into the surveillance society by its omissions, such as its failure > to mention government plans to monitor all our calls, emails and internet > use. Doing so is unfair, because the authors probably went as far as the > political context would allow them. > > But it would have been good to read more about the perils of toys created > by Google. > > The Google people give their own cute > explanation<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Oq-9enE-k>for what Latitude is > all about. Essentially, though, you can enable people > to track you and, in return, if they're nice, you can watch them too. > > The technology uses GPS-equipped Smart phones, or triangulation using cell > towers, or Wifi, but there is really nothing scientifically new here. The > telecoms industry, and others, have been > experimenting<http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jul/21/civilliberties.privacy>with > "location-aware" devices for some time. > > Technology blogs are buzzing at the prospect of a new toy, with 10 reasons > why Latitude will > succeed<http://thenextweb.com/2009/02/05/ten-reasons-google-latitude-succeed/>to > 10 uses off > the top of my > head<http://blogs.computerworld.com/google_latitude_ten_uses_of_the_top_of_my_head>. > Here are two reasons why Google Latitude is deeply sinister. > > The first is highlighted by Privacy > <http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/privacy>International, a decent thinktank that > employs wizards to look through the > complicated fine print of invasive technology. On this occasion though, a > child could have stumbled across the "fundamental design > problem<http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd%5B347%5D=x-347-563567> > ": > > *Step 1:* Pick up someone's phone without them knowing. Maybe you're a > manager who wants to check on a serially late employee. Or a jealous > boyfriend. Or a serial killer. Doesn't matter, just do it. > *Step 2:* Enable Google Latitude. > *Step 3:* Mask your presence so the owner of the phone doesn't know that > you're watching them. > > But no, Google responds! Latitude's built-in mechanism to prevent > fraudulent use will send text messages to your phone to inform you the > system has been installed. If, that is, you have the programme installed on > the right device. And if you "have not used it recently". And if not? > > Enthusiasts will respond that Google is not the only mobile tracking device > on the market, nor the only one that can be used fraudulently. They will > point out that Google has been kind enough not keep a database of our > whereabouts. That misses the point. Google practically *is* the internet, > and its services have become as intrinsic to our use of the internet as > keyboards and Internet Explorer. What happens when Latitude becomes as > ubiquitous as Google Search, GoogleMap and Gmail? > > Well, then we arrive at reason number two why this technology constitutes a > serious threat. The more people who use Latitude, the more it becomes > embedded in the way we live, the more freedom and unpredictability are > curtailed. > > Imagine the popularity of Google Latitude balloons, without those > inevitable privacy breaches. MI5 leaves laptops on trains, hackers steal 4.5 > million CVs from a recruitment website and the government loses 25 million > child benefit records. But no one thinks to pinch someone's phone in a pub > to spend the rest of the night tracking them, for a laugh. Latitude is just > a soft, bubbly, Googley toy that harms no-one. This is called suspending > disbelief. > > Everyone you know is "Latitude-enabled". Peek at your screen and hundreds > of smiling icons peer back at you on a GoogleMap. You're no longer free. > > If you're married, you might not want to spend a night in someone else's > bed. But at least you have the choice. Less infidelity is a good thing, of > course. But part of the reason couples stay together is that bond of trust > in knowing that the other half could, if they wanted, sleep with another, > but they don't – not because Google Latitude will catch them out – but > because they *choose* not to. > > The same goes for skyving off work, or surprising a friend with an > unplanned visit to their house, or organising a surprise birthday party for > your kids. The option for that party has been snatched away. On his eighth > birthday, your son is going to come home from football practice, glance at > his phone, and see the smiling faces of 17 classmates lingering above a > satellite image of the roof of his house. > > Call me an anarchist, but I don't want to see who in my network is in a > cafe before deciding whether that is the place I should buy my coffee. I > like the surprise behind the door, whether good or bad. And I especially > like the idea of walking down the road not knowing who I might bump into > around the corner. > > If I'm alerted beforehand by a beep in my pocket and two faces – one mine, > the other a friend I haven't seen for years – sliding towards each other on > a map, then the moment has been spoiled. Google Latitude, you have just > sucked the fun out of my life. > > ------------------------------ > New Email names for you! > <http://sg.rd.yahoo.com/aa/mail/domainchoice/mail/signature/*http://mail.promotions.yahoo.com/newdomains/aa/> > Get the Email name you've always wanted on the new @ymail and @rocketmail. > Hurry before someone else does! > >
