Big Brother Big Business

Big Brother Big Business
The information in Big Brother Business by David Faber is rather scary. It is a known fact that everything a person does is recorded, but having a person’s driving habits recorded, putting a chip in a person, or recording a person’s internet searches all border on the line of invasion of privacy. The legal environment has not caught up with technology, and once it catches up, advancements will only lead to more advancements, and the previous movements may seem trivial.
The “black box” in personal vehicles, along with GPS systems, can record a person’s every move. Does anyone really want this? Yes, recording the few seconds before and after an accident can prove to be helpful. It can prove who was at fault in the accident, but using it for reasons beyond that are bordering on privacy issues. No person wants their personal driving habits recorded. I agree with Howard Boyle, who uses GPS in his employees’ phones to track his employees’ every move at any moment in the day to ensure productivity. They are on the clock, and this is a way to verify that his employees are where they are supposed to be when they are supposed to be there. This is not an invasion of privacy due to the fact that Howard Boyle is paying them for a service. If his customers are not happy with the customer service they have received due to an employee taking too long to report in, Howard can look up their location and find out immediately what the problem is.   The fact that your cell phone can track all the places that you have been while it is on and then the information is stored is rather scary. I personally don’t feel that this information could be good for anyone. Yes, it may track down a person’s whereabouts if in question, but in the wrong hands it could have dire consequences.
All persons should be aware that they are being recorded in public. One should always act as if they are on camera when in public. People who register for those preferred customer cards...