Comments on: GIS and the expectation of privacy http://njgeo.org/2008/07/31/gis-and-the-expectation-of-privacy/ News and discussion related to the geospatial industry in New Jersey Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:55:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: John http://njgeo.org/2008/07/31/gis-and-the-expectation-of-privacy/#comment-8 John Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:21:20 +0000 http://njgeo.org/?p=13#comment-8 I completely forgot about that! I agree with part of that sentiment; just because it's now accessible doesn't mean it becomes invasive. If Google started cataloging faces and matching it up to Picasa accounts for secret "research purposes," I'd be concerned. Isolated data is not that dangerous, it's the unregulated corporations that maintain huge databases of personal data, cross referencing it with sensitive data like credit cards. It's horrible when TJ Maxx loses thousands of credit card numbers, just imagine someone getting a hold of a DB with CCs along with recent purchases, browsing habits, pictures of family, etc. I completely forgot about that! I agree with part of that sentiment; just because it’s now accessible doesn’t mean it becomes invasive. If Google started cataloging faces and matching it up to Picasa accounts for secret “research purposes,” I’d be concerned. Isolated data is not that dangerous, it’s the unregulated corporations that maintain huge databases of personal data, cross referencing it with sensitive data like credit cards. It’s horrible when TJ Maxx loses thousands of credit card numbers, just imagine someone getting a hold of a DB with CCs along with recent purchases, browsing habits, pictures of family, etc.

]]> By: aentchev http://njgeo.org/2008/07/31/gis-and-the-expectation-of-privacy/#comment-7 aentchev Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:18:02 +0000 http://njgeo.org/?p=13#comment-7 "You have zero privacy anyway," Scott McNealy told a group of reporters and analysts Monday night [January 26, 1999] at an event to launch his company's new Jini technology. "Get over it." http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1999/01/17538 “You have zero privacy anyway,” Scott McNealy told a group of reporters and analysts Monday night [January 26, 1999] at an event to launch his company’s new Jini technology.

“Get over it.”

http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1999/01/17538

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