10 Ways We Are Being Tracked, Traced, and Databased (Scary)

[NYgs23]

"10 Ways We Are Being Tracked, Traced, and Databased"


Excerpt:

The war on terror is a worldwide endeavor that has spurred massive investment into the global surveillance industry - which now seems to be becoming a war on "liberty and privacy." Given all of the new monitoring technology being implemented, the uproar over warrantless wiretaps now seems moot. High-tech, first-world countries are being tracked, traced, and databased, literally around every corner. Governments, aided by private companies, are gathering a mountain of information on average citizens who so far seem willing to trade liberty for supposed security.

Read list here. (http://www.activistpost.com/2010/07/ten-ways-we-are-being-tracked-traced.html)

[michaelwise]

Just pass a law giving public access to all that information. I mean, if you have permission to record me using my tax dollars, I should be allowed to see what is being recorded on me because I am paying for it. There, problem solved.

If I had access to those surveillance cameras, I would be specifically looking for dirt on elected officials, judges and all public employees.

[Rael]

http://www.amazon.com/Nation-Under-Surveillance-Privacy-Watchful/dp/1888766115

[DamianTV]

You are for sale. So, how much do I get? Nothing.