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June 10, 2004
Always on
In an age of instant messaging, mobile phones and email, people have more opportunities to be connected than ever before. But what about people who don't want to be contactable? Shouldn't they have the right to "switch off"? To be out of range? In the future, that may not be possible - someone may still know your whereabouts, whether by mobile phone location or Radio Frequency Identification Data (RFID) tags. Parents will be able to monitor whether their children are wearing seatbelts in a car. According to a new Research Note from the Parliamentary Library, "Where are you now? Location detection systems and personal privacy", 'New location detection systems and electronic tags now offer ways to monitor personal behaviour as never before.' The Note is at www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/RN/2003-04/04rn60.pdf. Posted by belinda at June 10, 2004 05:20 PMEmail this