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Re: privacy in public places

Udhay Shankar N
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:37:17 -0700

Perry E. Metzger wrote, [on 8/28/2008 10:09 PM]:

Given this, I think the time for focusing on the privacy implications
of payment transponders and fare cars is over. Not carrying a cell
phone will not help you avoid tracking when your environment is
saturated with cameras. Digital cash toll collection systems will not
avoid records being kept of your car's movements when cameras are
reading and recording license plates anyway.

Unfortunately, I don't see anything technological that people can
reasonably do here to provide more privacy, at least short of everyone
going everywhere on foot while wearing a burqa and periodically
attempting to confuse the cameras. The solutions, if any exist at all,
appear to be non-technical.

Isn't this essentially what David Brin has been saying for several years now? [1] [2]

Udhay

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Transparent_Society
[2] http://www.davidbrin.com/privacyarticles.html

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