Comments on: Nanotechnology-based surveillance predicted

By: Weaver

Weaver — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:09:56 +0000

This has been a hobby horse of mine for some decades.
Corporate concerns pursue the commercial ideal of dictating to the market place, therefore their political associates vacilitate the scenario, or were you under the impression that because you elected them into office that they catered to your concerns?

With the present state of electronic voting media, it’s even become doubtful that you elected them into office.

Count me in.

No conspiracy theorist here, just no pollyanna, cream brick veneereal diseased misconceptions either.

Our mode of thinking has to change.
There’s nothing wrong with technological advancement, just the way we persist in employing it.

By: Nanotech and Privacy » TNTlog

Nanotech and Privacy » TNTlog — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:52:09 +0000

[...] For years I have been wondering where all these rather odd concerns about nanotechnology having a negative impact on privacy were coming from, and now someone has owned up! Of course the major impact is coming from the growing use of interlinked databases hooked up to a variety of number plate recognition, mobile phone and credit card systems which could in theory allow an unscrupulous government to monitor your every move. However, living in the UK with the governments rather poor record of major IT projects the major threat to privacy seems to come from governments officials losing and misplacing data. [...]

By: A small, brave new world … « ThinkingAutomation

A small, brave new world … « ThinkingAutomation — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:26:02 +0000

[...] The US military has made the development and mastery of this technology a high priority. This, when viewed in light of the increasing levels of (and efforts towards) militarization of our society, especially at the highest echelons of executive power, indicate that the wariness seen today needs to be extended beyond the standard policy formulations of risk, especially as we approach the realization of these tools of infinite potential. Without an eye to the greatest possible abuses, future defensive mechanisms and regulatory structures designed to preserve the notion of freedom currently enjoyed by many US citizens may prove woefully inadequate for their purpose. Tagged with: biomarkers, civil military relations, militarism, nanotechnology, nanotubes [...]

By: Michael Gusek

Michael Gusek — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:45:30 +0000

I am in no way an expert in this area, but I would be willing to play a support role if someone would take the lead.

IMO, transparency is going to have to be a 2-way street if we are to be monitored in such a way. Also, I can see the temptation being huge to spy on our medical health as well, destroying HIPAA. Any smart systems designer would have interactivity between internal, medically diagnostic nanobots and an external intelligence, or in this case the “impenetrable internet of the sky”.

By: Patrick Lin

Patrick Lin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:54:20 +0000

What a coincidence, Christine…we’re about to submit a NSF proposal to study the privacy and trust implications arising out of nanotechnology. If this study gets funding, it won’t be until the end of the year at the earliest, but we’ll be sure to invite Foresight associates to participate, given that your organization and members have been thinking about these issues longer than most anyone else! In the meantime, this will be a very interesting area to keep tabs on…