Saturday, February 23, 2008

Privacy, Please

Wow, so OK, my sister and I found out today about a couple of web sites that can publish all kinds of information about you. We searched up our names. It is really scary the information available out there. Have we all lost all concept of the true right to privacy? Is the whole, living-my-life-on-web thing taking away what used to stand for common sense? I wonder, what happens when we have all been reduced to the numbers that represent us and these numbers are so freely available? What happens when we no longer have true identity and we socially seek more and more ways to create individual identities? I mean, what do you think? Are you silly enough to believe that coding our identities into computer chips we place under our skin will be do it? Don't believe that for a minute! This is definitely something we all must fight. What about DNA? After all, this is supposed to be so unique, right? Remember, this all gets coded back to numbers, stored on data banks, etc. Information stored this way, becomes information other people can tap into. Some day, DNA identity theft will be as common an occurrence as the modern-day identity theft is....and probably sooner than we all think. Any ideas, comments, or shared phobias on this one?

1 comment:

Camp Director said...

Wow, I am blown away. Scary thoughts. Identity theft is so commonplace now, imagine if/when DNA-style identity theft is possible!!!!