Dictionary from 2010
Privacy - n.
1) The act of being private
2) The incorrect belief that an individual has a right to be free from intrusion in one's life. This view is usually held by terrorists and other enemies of the state.
How many people think that the above definition is unrealistic in a few years?
I am personally still waiting for the "Pre-Cogs" from Minority Report to detect my future criminal thought. But for now we will have to get by with our current measures. Which now include lip reading software on video surveillance cameras.
Is your car spying on you? This is the title of an article written by Robert Vamosi for Cnet. I would recommend reading it before you consider buying a new car. The article talks about the different measures that are being put into new cars. They are similar to the black boxes that are found on airplanes. The devices installed in the cars are not recording audio, yet they do record speeds and events like an airbag deploying. Just imagine the possibilities!
Many new cars have Global Positioning Satellite(GPS) technology installed in them. The most common GPS solution that you might be familiar with would probably be Onstar.
In 2004, a team from Autoweek took a Chevy Malibu Maxx out for a test drive. They found that without actually having a wreck, they could get the attention of Onstar.
You need not be anywhere close to a collision, really. For our road test team this summer, it was just a matter of running a routine slalom in a Chevy Malibu Maxx—without so much as hitting a rubber cone—when OnStar called to check up on our driver’s health. —Under the Hood, with Big Brother by
Just wait until these little devices are required by law. Imagine what would happen to your insurance rates if your insurance company has access to these details. This is addressed in the Under the Hood article. I would recommend that everyone take a minute to read it.
If you would like to know the position your state has taken in regards to these black boxes, you should visit this site.
As always, feel free to post: thoughts, comments and revolutionary ideas in the comment section.
