tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post1561279367990237986..comments2023-12-09T05:49:32.261+01:00Comments on Paul Cobbaut's blog: "I was there", dinosaurs and freedom: part 3 of 3Paul Cobbauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-26893900238829471942008-11-10T19:18:00.000+01:002008-11-10T19:18:00.000+01:00@Bram: I have nothing to hide...i think. I also do...@Bram: I have nothing to hide...i think. I also don't have the same gut instinct as you. This tracking of everything and everyone is not wrong in itself. It is how we use it as a society.<BR/>I'm sure it will make life harder for thieves and other criminals. Maybe the 'black' economy will suffer a big drawback (imagine no physical money).<BR/><BR/>I don't think we can prevent this...we can only slow it down a bit...Paul Cobbauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12690770983694921987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18697195.post-52104122565752998922008-11-10T18:56:00.000+01:002008-11-10T18:56:00.000+01:00*devil's advocate*One can already be watched, trac...*devil's advocate*<BR/>One can already be watched, traced, stalked, monitored and spied on using conventional methods. Surely being watched unobstrusively is just that, unobtrusive?<BR/>*/devil's advocate*<BR/><BR/>This sort of future might yet come to pass, the question is: how does one prevent it? Your gut instinct is that it's wrong, and yet a lot of people will think "i've got nothing to hide" or "it's a small price to pay for freedom". Well, they're wrong on both counts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com