Linked by David Adams on Wed 19th Mar 2008 10:41 UTC
The technologies we rely on, both new and old, are now very effective tools that both governments and private firms are using to gather, analyze, store, and sell information about our private lives, habits, purchases, whereabouts, and even thoughts and beliefs. But some of this invasion of privacy pays a welcome dividend in convenience and power in our own lives. Where do we draw the line, and how can we use this potentially-invasive technology for our benefit, without sacrificing our private lives to commerce?
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Which is of course not true. Inexperienced drivers can much easily cause an accident since they run into situations they haven't seen before more easily and they don't have the experience to deal with the situation properly. Spending more time on the road in itself can mean exactly nothing if one wants to get some estimate about the likelihood of an accident. Even having spent a long time on the road without accidents can mean nothing if one doesn't take into consideration what type of car has that person been driving during those years and currently. Also, age in itself can mean nothing either, without complementing with other information about driving experience, fine history, type of car driven, etc.
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This is the same smelly argument that's so fashionable to use in the US if you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear. It's not sympathetic, beacuse it's a twisted argument and it can easily make innocent people look like being guilty, forcing them to prove their innocence, which is really not OK, to say the least.
I wouldn't argue against having to pay a somewhat higher price if one wouldn't want to have the tracking device, but going any further than that just calls for trouble.
Edited 2008-03-19 14:58 UTC