I felt a bit nostalgic about the sem. I had fun with the class. Hmm.. But anyway....
We usually think that with the rise of websites showing our pictures, sharing messages, stories/blogs (i.e. photosharing/blogs via facebook, multiply, friendster, blogspot, etc.) we should be vigilant about being in those unwanted photos, messages, stories. You hanging out with your ex-, you looking really wasted, or you sticking your tongue on someone's throat (sorry graphic). But this makes us forget that cellphones are more likely to be used as privacy invasion tools. As was reported in Fox News last month, a reasonably knowledgeable person like your mom could fence their kids' cellphones, one's partner may peek at their partner's text messages or photos, or the government may track where a person is close to a few feet away.
A court ruling said that the government may track a person without any court ruling or warrant given that the ownership and use of the cellphone already creates an assumption of risk to be tracked. Now imagine if your weird ex-girlfriend/ overly protective parents/ stalker wants to track you? hunt you down? I tell you, one should worry about this.
Have you heard of Chaperone? A service offered by Verizon wherein they automatically tell parents that their kids are moving beyond the boundaries that they allow their kids to be in. If your mom or dad wants you to be moving from home to school only then this is a good way to make sure of that happening.
Then there is the Big Daddy software that allows someone to read compromised messages, phone contents like pictures, and even allows the person who installed it to listen to phone calls made using the phone. Now you don't need to be a spy to do this. If you have the money to buy the software then nothing is holding you back.
And have you seen Google Latitude? The Google program that tracks a person through their phone. If someone wants to know where you are then they would just install latitude on your phone. Or just sneak in a phone that has latitude on it and enable it.
Scary is it not? Well those things aren't available in the Philippines yet but who knows?
Cellphones are likely to be the most hated privacy invasion tool. Reminds me of "Every Breath You Take" by The Police.
Every Move You Make
Every Step You Take
I'll Be Watching You.
We usually think that with the rise of websites showing our pictures, sharing messages, stories/blogs (i.e. photosharing/blogs via facebook, multiply, friendster, blogspot, etc.) we should be vigilant about being in those unwanted photos, messages, stories. You hanging out with your ex-, you looking really wasted, or you sticking your tongue on someone's throat (sorry graphic). But this makes us forget that cellphones are more likely to be used as privacy invasion tools. As was reported in Fox News last month, a reasonably knowledgeable person like your mom could fence their kids' cellphones, one's partner may peek at their partner's text messages or photos, or the government may track where a person is close to a few feet away.
A court ruling said that the government may track a person without any court ruling or warrant given that the ownership and use of the cellphone already creates an assumption of risk to be tracked. Now imagine if your weird ex-girlfriend/ overly protective parents/ stalker wants to track you? hunt you down? I tell you, one should worry about this.
Have you heard of Chaperone? A service offered by Verizon wherein they automatically tell parents that their kids are moving beyond the boundaries that they allow their kids to be in. If your mom or dad wants you to be moving from home to school only then this is a good way to make sure of that happening.
Then there is the Big Daddy software that allows someone to read compromised messages, phone contents like pictures, and even allows the person who installed it to listen to phone calls made using the phone. Now you don't need to be a spy to do this. If you have the money to buy the software then nothing is holding you back.
And have you seen Google Latitude? The Google program that tracks a person through their phone. If someone wants to know where you are then they would just install latitude on your phone. Or just sneak in a phone that has latitude on it and enable it.
Scary is it not? Well those things aren't available in the Philippines yet but who knows?
Cellphones are likely to be the most hated privacy invasion tool. Reminds me of "Every Breath You Take" by The Police.
Every Move You Make
Every Step You Take
I'll Be Watching You.
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