We all know we are continually
being tracked on camera, wherever we go. Street cameras, backed
by facial recognition software, were put there supposedly for
our safety; the excuse about our invasion of privacy was ‘that
if you are honest, you have nothing to hide! [Except your right
to privacy].’ We are all aware that this information can
easily be mis-used
Your mobile phone is continually being tracked, every few seconds
your phone sends a signal out saying ‘I can see 4 wi-fi
networks with these signal strengths’, the response comes
back ‘OK you are at the corner of High St. and Main St.’
leaving a traceable trail of where you have been. You can get
a piece of free legal software from Locate
which will trace and track a mobile phone. So where is your
privacy now?
But you are honest with nothing
to hide!
How would you like your ‘ex’ to know your every
move?
What about your employer, when you phone in to work saying you
are sick?
Does your company approve of its reps being tracked by its competitors?
What about your mother tracking you when you go for a night
out?
But you are honest and
have nothing to hide, apart from your privacy!
Have you ever used your credit card to register
for parking using your mobile? Yes they track you, and send
you texts when you are running short of money for parking. The
same thing happens with congestion charges, and toll charges.
You might use a toll portion of a road regularly, a tunnel or
bridge, and have a transponder fitted to your vehicle, so you
can go straight through, the transponder records you going through
and will charge your credit card once a month. All tracked all
traceable. You are tracked if you go through a red light; go
in a bus lane, in fact wherever you go.
But you are honest and
have nothing to hide, apart from your privacy!
And of course the criminal fraternity can track
you, so they know when your house is empty.
If you are unfortunate to buy an expensive car from a criminal,
after you phoned the advert using your mobile? The criminal
keeps a spare key, tracks you to your work place, where you
park your car, and very shortly you haven’t got that nice
expensive car.
But you are honest
and have nothing to hide, apart from your privacy!
Now The Scary Stuff.
Do you use any of the following?
Electronic toll devices (Toll roads, Tunnels,
Bridges, Congestion pricing)
Services telling you when your friends are nearby
Mobile phones.
Electronic swipe cards for doors
Searches on your PDA for services and businesses near your current
location
Free Wi-Fi with ads for businesses near the network access point
you're using.
Parking meters where you pay by card via your mobile
We all use at least one of these systems, with out realising
that we can be tracked, and have that information recorded and
made available to institutions and law enforcement bodies. And
it is not restricted to the country you normally reside; you
will also be tracked abroad.
Locational
privacy
Locational privacy is the ability of an individual
to move in public space with the expectation that under normal
circumstances their location will not be systematically and
secretly recorded for later use. All the above devices have
the ability to erode that privacy completely. A more comprehensive
article can be read
here.
In 1948 George Orwell wrote a book called ‘1984’
in which he predicted that by 1984, ‘Big Brother’
would be watching and controlling everything people do. He wasn’t
very far off with his dates!!
Vic
Farron RFT
Express. .
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