Remember that scene from Jurassic Park when Jeff Goldblum is sitting at the table with the other scientists & he is saying that the the scientists were so worried about whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should? I kind of had that same thought when I was visiting sites from the Most Comprehensive Web 2.0 lists. In particular the Mologogo site.
Mologogo is a mobile locater site. Basically, it uses GPS to track movements of cellualr phones. At first I was like, "Cool! How many of my friends and family can I get listed on here?" But as I clicked around, I was able to see info about the people who were signed on, I could look at the map and see the last 100 places where their mobile device had been located. Then I was like "No, way!" Every little dot on the map was telling me where these people had been. Sure, it would be nice to be able to see where my people are on the map-- mom is at the mall, hubby is at work, etc... but uh... they would be able to know where I was too. That stopped me. Not that I have anything to hide. But sometimes you DON'T want to be accessible to people. I am a grown woman, I don't need my mother knowing where I am every minute. I don't ask my husband every stop he made this week, I certainly wouldn't want him to be checking to see every little place I went. And what if that friend I occassionally talk to, is tracking me becasue I am not answering her calls? So, what first was a novelty, now became an issue of privacy. Would I want my boss to be able to track my location? If I was in a work vehicle on company time, sure I can see that, but with this and my cell phone #, she'd be able to see where I went in my off time. I don't like the idea of people being able to get that much information so easily.
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Yikes that is scary. You should see Shia's new movie Eagle Eye, it's exactly about that idea from your site. I wouldnt ever sign up for something like that...cause you never know who is going to act crazy nowadays.
That's scary. Why would anyone ever sign up for that??!!! Why don't we all just live in a fish bowl.
I think it goes back to the cell phone issue...of course we all love them, would not trade them for how it used to be, but sometimes wouldn't you like to go back to say, 1990? (I can't remember it started that EVERYONE had a cellphone).
Anyway, I can remember in junior high school and younger, if you were not at home, people couldn't reach you. Now, you are basically reachable anywhere, unless your phone battery dies. Which, in that case, I usually get yelled at by my mom or boyfriend for not properly charging the phone. And, even when I am in class or at work, I still am compelled to check my phone on each break just to get messages. In the "olden days" of the early 90's you would just have to wait until you got home.
So, regarding that site Carol is talking about, I think that is the point we should all admit this has gone too far! I saw Shia LeBeouf on Ellen and he said they had a CIA agent on set as an advisor and because of the Patriot Act, things like this are not only possible, but used. There just isn't any privacy left!
To jeremylindemer19: I think we do live in a fish bowl - 70 percent of Earth is water!!
This is really creepy. I don't really know why someone would want to sign up for something like this. And you brought up an excellent point about employers being able to spy on employees.
Do we really need to know where EVERYONE is ALL THE TIME? That's a little too much information for me.
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