Saturday, May 16, 2009

Would You Trade Privacy for Communications?

How much information do you think your mobile phone company has about you? Your address, your bank details... what about your religion? Or your sexuality? Does it know if you've been speeding?

Well at the moment, probably not.

But a new report (from FIDIS - Future of Identity in the Information Society) is warning that if we sign up to agreements without reading them properly, this could become a reality. (more)

Give this a few seconds of thought. The phone companies already have a pretty good idea of who you are, where you are and where you go - especially if your phone has GPS capabilities. Valuable info. They would love to sell it.

FutureWatch... They will sell it. Keep an eye on future service contracts. You will ride the slippery slope. Think you'll protest? Not if they give you "free" calls in exchange. That's how much your privacy is worth to someone else.