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Re: ScientificAmerican.com: How RFID Tags Could Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:49:53 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Dave CROCKER <dhc2 () dcrocker net> Date: August 25, 2008 6:26:59 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>, Steve Lamont <spl () ncmir ucsd edu>Subject: Re: [IP] Re: ScientificAmerican.com: How RFID Tags Could Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People
Reply-To: dcrocker () bbiw net David Farber wrote:
How RFID Tags Could Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People By Katherine AlbrechtWhile I agree with much of what Albrecht has to say, it's worth knowing where she's apparently coming from:
Or perhaps it isn't.As much as it might be titillating to focus on theatrical aspects of a critic, that focus serves only to distract from the factual discussion.
If the critic raises valid concerns, it does not matter what they do in the privacy of their home, their religion, or their head. What matters is whether their concern is valid.
Would it be "worth knowing" that she's a member of the NRA, a member of the Sierra Club, does beading, drives a hybrid, drives an SUV or prefers pants rather than skirts? Does it alter the pragmatic aspects of the concerns she is raising?
Then why is it "worth knowing" that she deems some things the work of the devil, other than as theater?
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