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Who Controls Our Data, Controls Our Lives

wired.com — Whoever controls our data can decide whether we can get a bank loan, on an airplane or into a country. Or what sort of discount we get from a merchant, or even how we're treated by customer support. A potential employer can, illegally in the U.S., examine our medical data and decide whether or not to offer us a job. We need to take back our data.

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  • positron, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3The spice must flow!
    • hydroplane, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1He who controls the spice, controls the universe!
  • kensavage, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2All Your
    "bank accounts, stock portfolios, itemized bills, credit card, telephone calls, toll collections, supermarket and ATM cards"
    Are Belong To US
  • mgrey, on 05/20/2008, -0/+0Agreed. Yet people also should be cognizant of private information that they self-publish--for example when completing profiles (or even in blog comments). (see also http://www.grey-consulting.com/blog/2008/03/privat ...
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