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Privacy In The Age Of Big Brother
'Speed through the checkout with just a wave of your arm'.
So said a headline in The Times newspaper in London recently.
'It may sound like a sci-fi fantasy,' said the accompanying report, 'but shoppers may one day be able to pay their grocery bills using a microchip implanted in their body.'
The possibilities for abuse of such technologies are enormous and raise huge questions about personal identity -- not to mention political control.
In this age of Radio Frequency ID tags (RFIDs), CCTV surveillance, one-card-does-everything-credit and identity fraud, is their really any such thing as privacy any more?
Check out the TV documentary on privacy at edges.tv.
Social commentator Mal Fletcher looks at the challenges facing us in an age of big brother technologies and discusses how we might retain control of our lives.
Click here.
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Keywords: privacy | identity fraud | The Times | edges | EDGES | big brother | Mal Fletcher | microchip implant | RFID | CCTV | identity fraud
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I want to congratulate Mal and the Edges team for excellent and uplifting material; it has meant so much for me... Thanks all!
Rikus, UK
I'm 21 & I'd just like to say what an excellent programme you've created, in EDGES. In a world where image is everything, a lack of excellence often distracts people from the main point.
Ben, United Kingdom
I've just finished watching your EDGES program about morals. I really enjoyed it, I feel morals are constantly being eroded away...God created sex for marriage, it's not a toy for exploitation by the media ...Keep up the good work.
Mario, Australia
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