Re: Sarbanes-Oxley / my opinion

[Wayne McAlpine <wayne.mcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was expressing concern about the privacy aspects of it.  In the wake 
of recent revelations about U.S. government's illegal eavesdropping in 
the name of the fight against terrorism, it's kind of chilling to 
contemplate that the technology exists to take this to the next level.

 "He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither"

Al Mac wrote:
> Many humans do.
> This is marketed as a system to protect children, kidnap victims etc. while 
> in reality, it can be used at choke points by unauthorized people to 
> identify lucrative kidnap victims, and do other mischef.  Further, the 
> people pushing this technology are not much interested in information security.
> http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?articleID=7439&TopicID=2
>
> I also saw in another news story how some animals are kept in restricted 
> areas using electrical charges to the collar if they stray outside the 
> boundaries.  The problem is that wild animals, not so restricted, have a 
> captive audience for destruction.
>
>
> > Forgive the rant, but if we continue on our present course, we'll ALL
> > have RF chips imbedded in us, not just the animals