Yes but data matching is like a gun or a car - it is simply a tool which
is powerful and can be used for harm or good. I would have thought as IT
interested people we would have a more intellectual discussion about
such topics. If you want to be paranoid, I reckon the current system
with lots of data around and no controls is worse.
R
Oliver wrote:
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data matching is a very powerful tool to control the
citizenry - think
what would happen if it was in the hands of a government with the
morality and ideology of the National socialist party.
What is the endpoint to such endeavors? A totally rigid dystopic
society where every misdemeanor or crime no matter how trivial is
detected and punished, (you guys in Victoria know about that when it
comes to speed cameras), And what about the injustices
brought about by errors?
Horst Herb's favourite film Brazil starts with just one such error that leads
to an innocent citizen's life being destroyed.
That film still gives me nightmares.
Oliver Frank, general practitioner
255 North East Road, Hampstead Gardens
South Australia 5086
Ph. 08 8261 1355 Fax 08 8266 5149
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