For many years if not many decades we have herd the shouting of fears of people that the government watching over everything you do. I have ignored them for the most part as anything that has ever resembled them were quick to be stopped by folks that fear “BIG BROTHER”.
The Government will never act in this way because of public scrutiny every time it has even resembled it. They do not have to act this way any more for it to come true as you will see.
A few years ago an idea came to me that actually made sense that supported this big brother theory that I had never given merit. For the last 15 years I have been watching security of data and personal information. I do not like the security measures that the corporate world seems to have about its sharing with affiliate companies and the like. Nor the unknown security lapses that happen with and without any one’s knowledge.
You see the government does not now need to pass new laws to track your every move, the corporate world and the new age of data has made this possible without government involvement. So when they want the data they just sapena it or steal it or force it to be handed over in the name of investigation.
Should I worry…. Probably not just yet. As history has taught us that information is a good thing and it depends on how it is used. In saying this I do have somthing in mind that would be the first clear sign we are doomed from the information age we created. I am reminded of Watergate. When I think about this in todays world and using information about a political opponent that would not normally be obtainable. This was my biggest concern when we passed the “Patriot Act” in 2001. Without proper oversight, how are we to know that the information will not be used by those in power to stay in power. There is a lot of political motivation there!
But beyond thinking too much, I still wonder just how all this information is to be gathered and used by the highest bidder for it in the corporate world that I am not aware of. Yes as usual, even I who watch this stuff close do not find out until I see it with my own eyes. Yes it has already gotten past the selling of email addresses, and those who may have spent high amounts of money with company x. I just do not want to see a panic when the royal shit hits the fan and a major incident happens and folks finally realise just what their info is worth and how much it is being bartered around.
So no ! I do not want to twitter and TWEET the whole world what the whole world really is not asking
WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW ?