|
Homer
By
nessie
NOT SATISFIED WITH access to your hard drive, Big Brother wants to know where you are physically located at all times. This is no new desire. It is fast becoming a technological reality. The London Daily Telegraph reported Jan. 24 that mobile telephones that can identify their precise location are being developed by the Swedish firm Ericsson. One of the services is called iPulse and tells users the location of all the mobile phone users listed in their address book, showing the country, city, and/or district. How long before GPS-based locator hardware is legally mandated for all mobile phones? For all mobile people? For everyone?
Do my speculations here sound paranoid? Perhaps. But I distinctly remember my first Social Security card stating specifically on its face that it was "not for purposes of identification." They don't say that anymore, do they?
Face it. We're numbered, and not without reason. We're livestock. Numbering us is simply good husbandry.
_____________________________
The nessie files runs alternate Mondays. To discuss this column in altcity, our virtual community, click here.
|
