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| Time: 15:58 EST/20:58 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Todd Richardson | ||
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What if technology that could track your every move was embedded in your cell phone, your smart card and your laptop? And what if that information were tied to a database that stored personal information about you? We're not there yet, but as we move toward an increasingly networked world, marketers are salivating over the possibility of linking that data--for example, tying your route home to your penchant for pizza, or your presence at a ball game to your work schedule. | ||
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| #1 By 20 (24.243.51.87) at 4/20/2002 6:34:49 PM |
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ZDNet: "Oh no! The sky is falling and it's Evil Microsoft's fault!"
Hello? Telephone, cellphone, credit card, and other companies have been doing this for many years now. Grocery stores track everything you do, and credit card companies know everything about you. Passport will neither make this worse or help it. |
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