O nou stire din tara camerelor de luat vederi cu circuit inchis.

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Ministers are planning to implant "machine-readable" microchips under the skin of thousands of offenders as part of an expansion of the electronic tagging scheme that would create more space in British jails.

Amid concerns about the security of existing tagging systems and prison overcrowding, the Ministry of Justice is investigating the use of satellite and radio-wave technology to monitor criminals.

But, instead of being contained in bracelets worn around the ankle, the tiny chips would be surgically inserted under the skin of offenders in the community, to help enforce home curfews. The radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, as long as two grains of rice, are able to carry scanable personal information about individuals, including their identities, address and offending record.

La prima vedere, pare a fi doar continuarea logica a evolutiei Marii Britanii.
Intai camere de luat vederi la fiecare colt de strada.
Apoi microcipuri in pubelele de gunoi.
Iar acum microcipuri sub piele (e drept, doar pt criminali).

E trist ca tara care a dat lumii idei cum ar fi parlamentul ales in mod democratic, guvern responsabil, liberalism, etc poate decadea intr-un asemenea hal, dar ar fi prea simplist sa vedem aceasta stire ca pe o simpla excentricitate insulara.

Prin insasi natura profesiei pe care am ales-o, programatorii (si inginerii in general) sunt deschisi la nou.

Tehnologia ne-a imbunatatit vietile in mod considerabil (ganditi-va numai la cat progres s-a realizat in ultimii 50 de ani).

Dar ganditi-va si la ce s-a pierdut in acesti ultimi 50 de ani.

Aceeasi tehnologie care ne-a eliberat de atatea nevoie materiale ne poate transforma in sclavi.

Acum 50 de ani inca era posibil sa traiesti "off the grid", cum ar spune americanii.
Mai este oare asa ceva posibil azi ?

E usor sa spui "it can't happen here" , doar oare chiar asa e?

Oare cineva in 1913 ar fi putut sa prevada cum va arata lumea in 1945 ?