Tannishblog

Isn’t is creepy when you get a spam email with your full name in the header? Who else knows about you? That thought alone would keep some awake at night. I also receive email with my address writ in bold face in the header. Somehow, that troubles me more.

We live in an increasingly transparent society. Wiretaps are passe, snoops now use computer to parse vast amount of voice transmissions, ostensibly to find terrorists. Maybe the intentions are pure: I’m just amiable enough today to give benefit to the doubt, but this same information can be used in many ways - some unthought of as yet.

Bank records are already there for the taking, employers can Google a name and receive some interesting stuff. Go ahead, Google yourself. Your credit history is an open book, these days, so why not your phone conversations?

Invasion of privacy? What are you hiding and from whom? In our hyperconnected world, privacy is dying. Secrecy is for governments, and even they are having trouble keeping a lid on things. I say: Good riddance.

Who needs secrecy? Crooks and Liars do. Murderers and compromized politicians require privacy to hide behind, as do corporate CEO’s with sticky fingers. To then the “right to privacy” is essential. To conscientious individuals, law abiding and open-hearted, privacy is no big deal. What do they need to hide from? this thought make me think the death of privacy can be a beneficial change. As generations progress with the idea of a trasnparent society, people who understand how easily they can get caught in their tresspasses, will desist. Oldsters who remember the day will flinch, but thier grandchildren will no no difference. A society without secrets is safer.

Don’t we all want a place to raise our children where we can let them run? How much outdoor time d othey get now? If you live n a major metropolitan area like I do, the answer is “Not much.” And that’s too bad…