tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post942421647837428597..comments2024-03-28T08:25:03.174-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Biometrics: anti-terrorist . . . and anti-privacyPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-6457571231250851002017-07-12T13:45:46.229-05:002017-07-12T13:45:46.229-05:00@Anonymous at 1:24 PM: On the contrary - I share ...@Anonymous at 1:24 PM: On the contrary - I share minor personal details, the sort of things friends and acquaintances know anyway. I don't share more personal stuff, or financial information, or anything important. Neither do I discuss past events in sufficient detail as to identify me through my involvement - particularly the 'war years'.<br /><br />There's paranoid privacy (don't share anything), and there's powderpuff privacy (everything's out there). Realistic privacy is somewhere in between, and we all have to draw our own lines about it.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-64196029795388979432017-07-12T13:24:00.095-05:002017-07-12T13:24:00.095-05:00Peter, you have a huge inconsistency with what you...Peter, you have a huge inconsistency with what you say and reality.<br /><br />You author an internet blog whereby you divulge many personal items, such as you comings and goings, photos of your residence, and details regarding your personal life and history. You do this on a venue whereby virtually anyone anywhere can access this information. <br /><br />And then in the same context of doing all of the above, you say "I still value and insist on my right to privacy". <br /><br />That is like taking your clothes off in your front yard, and saying that you do not like people seeing you.<br /><br />If you really valued privacy, I would never have heard of you.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-77798578423236112032017-07-12T12:06:38.735-05:002017-07-12T12:06:38.735-05:00When you start really exploring what is possible a...When you start really exploring what is possible at this point in time with the computing power, storage, surveillance technology and the sheer connectedness of everything it's the kind of thing that can keep one up at night. Fiction like 1984 or Enemy of the State and the ever quoted biblical passage "And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." is no longer fiction or biblical prophecy but entirely within the realm of current technology. An astonishingly large percentage of the population is perfectly fine with Big Brother or Little Sister constantly monitoring every move they make, their every thought right down to what they're watching on tv, what pornography they prefer, how many and what appliances in their home are running, their movements right down to what they ate for dinner. <br /><br />To use another oft used quote, this one from Samuel Adams "May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.".<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-21964578059891255912017-07-12T09:48:24.463-05:002017-07-12T09:48:24.463-05:00Having grown up in a small town, it has always bee...Having grown up in a small town, it has always been clear to me that privacy is an illusion.<br />That doesn't mean I want everything I do or say in a centralized database. Uncle Sam is slightly more concerning than Google or Facebook because it's backed up with guns and a lot of vague laws that can be used to indict pretty much anyone. But only slightly, as it's inevitable that such a database will be abused.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12822511906907583597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-84006424557552770842017-07-12T08:51:23.913-05:002017-07-12T08:51:23.913-05:00Franklin was right about liberty and safety.Franklin was right about liberty and safety.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780834197167716549noreply@blogger.com