Well I think that the collection of information about someone has to start
somewhere. When and where does it stop. It's not the current data collection
that scares me it's what they will collect in the future. What happens when
they see that the information they collected gets them alot more income?
Human's on a whole are dishonest money hungry animals...sad but true...part
of what or great country offers me is the ability to be anonymous...to be
dust in the wind......I like this...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Faust" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 7:17 AM
Subject: CDR: Re: FCF's Dean Lauds Congressional Privacy Caucus
> It's not any of the little individual facts. It's the bigger picture that
they
> eventually provide.
>
> It's also not the information they're collecting, it's the amount of it.
> Eventually the feeling is that your every move is being tracked.
>
> Thus said Lizard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at
10:23:41PM -0800:
>
> > Can anyone tell me, precisely, why it is so very scary to imagine that
> > somewhere in a corporate database is a notation that you like to buy
Coca
> > Cola? Corporations don't scare me -- they want me to be alive, free, and
> > earning money so that I can buy their products. Corpses and prisoners
make
> > lousy consumers.
> >
> > I'm just curious as to the source of this fear of corporate 'spying', at
> > least as regards public habits like what you buy. If they were tracking
> > union membership or the like, I'd be more scared -- that's information
that
> > they could use to wreck your life. But who gives a smeg if they know
what
> > soda you drink or your favorite brand of shampoo? The WORST that will
> > happen is you'll end up on some mailing lists. The best? You'll get a
> > coupon and save 50 cents.
> >
> > Can anyone who finds the concept of corporate databases keeping them
awake
> > nights explain to me precisely WHY this bothers them? Obviously, it IS a
> > major concern for a lot of people -- but, as with genetic engineering or
> > nuclear power, I cannot understand the CAUSE of the fear. I need to
know.
>
>
