July 16, 2004

Pizza, cholesterol check, the works

Posted by Eszter

This little Flash movie by the ACLU about the loss of privacy is hilarious and, of course, scary at the same time.

Posted on July 16, 2004 04:41 PM UTC
Comments

We’re really not too far off from a scenario like that. I’ve worked on several different phone system data correlation systems, and those sorts of capabilities are in high demand.

People often perceive the major privacy threats to come from governments. While it’s true that they do represent a considerable privacy hole, private companies are, by far, making the biggest strides in generating aggregate profiling tools.

The only real difference between the ACLU example and what exists today is data convergence; it’s certainly on the horizon, though.

Posted by dennis · July 17, 2004 04:06 AM

You do know that most Pizza delivery systems do their best to get this sort of information.

They already use caller ID and delivery zone maps to determine which store will deliver your pizza and keep track of other similar things.

But, you get your pizza faster, and it goes to you and not your neighbor.

Posted by Ethesis · July 17, 2004 03:20 PM

I’m mostly speechless and mouth agape. The rest of me is being haunted by three years of slinging dough day in and day out. On the upside, no more pizza jacking.
Wow, mandatory tipping-delivery driver; if only!

Posted by agm · July 19, 2004 12:49 AM
Followups

→ Your Big Brother is in the Pizza Business?.
Excerpt: Remember, this is for your own good: The ACLU offers an animated glimpse of Post-PATRIOT Pizza. [Link via Eszter at Crooked Timber.]Read more at A Fool in the Forest
→ Two Large Pizzas with a side of Surveillance.
Excerpt: Check out this video from the ACLU. It's amusing, yet also highlights the very real threat of everyday surveillance. Via Eszter at CT....Read more at Publicspaces
→ Two Large Pizzas with a side of Surveillance.
Excerpt: Check out this video from the ACLU. It's amusing, yet also highlights the very real threat of everyday surveillance. Via Eszter at CT....Read more at Publicspaces

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