Comments on: The Future of Money http://weakonomics.com/2008/08/18/the-future-of-money/ Everything That's Wrong With You And Your Money Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: teeeef http://weakonomics.com/2008/08/18/the-future-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1286 teeeef Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:20:17 +0000 http://weakonomics.com/2008/08/18/the-future-of-money/#comment-1286 ginger avenger, i'm kinda with you on this. i feel like it's inevitable though. i really honestly have this picture in my head of it being kind of like the job chips everyone has on futurama - like some little randomly implanted thing with all this information in it that you completely get used to and forget about. i kinda also hope i'm wrong. i'm sure there will be a lot of issues taken up as far as privacy-related things go, and security measures will probably get quite impressive.. natural progression. thing is too is that this isn't something that's going to happen all at once. as a gradual thing, as a *process*, there will be more time to work out the big bugs in the system and formulate the most effective approaches. plus it'll give you time to get used to it and therefore hopefully avoid awesome peripheral societal bs like rioting and you know, idiots. ginger avenger, i’m kinda with you on this. i feel like it’s inevitable though.
i really honestly have this picture in my head of it being kind of like the job chips everyone has on futurama – like some little randomly implanted thing with all this information in it that you completely get used to and forget about.
i kinda also hope i’m wrong.
i’m sure there will be a lot of issues taken up as far as privacy-related things go, and security measures will probably get quite impressive.. natural progression. thing is too is that this isn’t something that’s going to happen all at once. as a gradual thing, as a *process*, there will be more time to work out the big bugs in the system and formulate the most effective approaches. plus it’ll give you time to get used to it and therefore hopefully avoid awesome peripheral societal bs like rioting and you know, idiots.

]]> By: the ginger avenger http://weakonomics.com/2008/08/18/the-future-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1285 the ginger avenger Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:36:21 +0000 http://weakonomics.com/2008/08/18/the-future-of-money/#comment-1285 Yeah... I'm pretty much not ok with being scanned when I enter a store, and I'm a little stabby towards the cameras that record me as I walk in. I know it's a hypothetical situation, but it's still one that is completely feasible as we progress through the digital, wireless, and e-era. This kind of situation seems like it would open the door to personal information being stolen. Think about it... by your bank card being scanned into a database/network, A LOT of personal information is made vulnerable to potential hackers. Coming from the background-check sector, it's insane how much you can get just based on an address. The fact that I can tell you pretty much every place you've ever lived, your social security number, date of birth, credit score and all of your loans & repayments, driving record, and countless other records just based on that little piece of information alone is exceptionally creepy. At what point in this progression does personal or societal convenience interfere with or compromise expectations of personal privacy? Yeah…

I’m pretty much not ok with being scanned when I enter a store, and I’m a little stabby towards the cameras that record me as I walk in. I know it’s a hypothetical situation, but it’s still one that is completely feasible as we progress through the digital, wireless, and e-era. This kind of situation seems like it would open the door to personal information being stolen. Think about it… by your bank card being scanned into a database/network, A LOT of personal information is made vulnerable to potential hackers. Coming from the background-check sector, it’s insane how much you can get just based on an address. The fact that I can tell you pretty much every place you’ve ever lived, your social security number, date of birth, credit score and all of your loans & repayments, driving record, and countless other records just based on that little piece of information alone is exceptionally creepy.

At what point in this progression does personal or societal convenience interfere with or compromise expectations of personal privacy?

]]> By: the weakonomist http://weakonomics.com/2008/08/18/the-future-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1281 the weakonomist Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:34:25 +0000 http://weakonomics.com/2008/08/18/the-future-of-money/#comment-1281 i think wal mart already uses RFID to track their movement of goods, as a better alternative to scanning bar codes as well. Cashiers are sooo 20th century. i think wal mart already uses RFID to track their movement of goods, as a better alternative to scanning bar codes as well. Cashiers are sooo 20th century.

]]> By: teeeef http://weakonomics.com/2008/08/18/the-future-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1280 teeeef Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:24:53 +0000 http://weakonomics.com/2008/08/18/the-future-of-money/#comment-1280 word, my friend and i were just talking about the rfid shopping thing this morning. craziness. word, my friend and i were just talking about the rfid shopping thing this morning. craziness.

]]> By: mjukr http://weakonomics.com/2008/08/18/the-future-of-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1279 mjukr Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:28:50 +0000 http://weakonomics.com/2008/08/18/the-future-of-money/#comment-1279 Interesting bit about illegal transactions... looking forward to tomorrow's post. Interesting bit about illegal transactions… looking forward to tomorrow’s post.

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