All Privacy Invasion Fears Come True: Thanks, Alec
(Posted by adam)
In March of 2005, Alec Muffett predicted "National loyalty cards," and I mocked him for it. Since then, I've decided that all non-trivial privacy fears come true. And since then, Alec's plan has taken another step.
The BBC reports about a new "Blair plan for 'people's panels'." No, I didn't make that up, Comrade. He really called them people's panels, and the BBC tells us:
They will look at how retailers, such as supermarket giant Tesco, use loyalty cards to create databases of their clients and tailor-make services for them based on the information gathered.
That's one of the three 'major ideas' they're looking at. Apparently Parliament isn't sufficiently obsequious any more.
Photo of urinals at the Las Vegas Hilton from Ann-Rocco.com.
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I, for one, welcome our new purchase history examining overlords, and remind them that I can be useful in recruiting workers to toil in their data mines.
Posted by: Senor Miranda | December 26, 2006 4:37 PM