Google Glass and Human Adaptability

Science has yet to determine if our adventurousness and risk taking behaviors are genetic, psychological, neurological, or a combination of all three.  Some rather enjoy jumping off a bridge with nothing but a glorified rubber-band between them and dashing their grey matter on the ground below.

Most of us, though, prefer to play it a bit safer, and inherently have a resistance to change born from the comfort of the familiar.

Would you let your child wear a RFID chip that is easily hacked?

Rights?  Who needs rights?  The idea of tagging our children with RFID tags to follow their moves is a short-sighted knee-jerk reaction by administrators who want to be lulled into a false sense of security.  Never mind how easy it is to grab info from the RFIDs with off the shelf hardware--it is not like they turn off when school lets out.  All of which opens the doors for all sorts of dangers, including predators.

Student Expelled for Refusing Location Tracking RFID Badge

Aaron Dykes | School makes good on threat of 'consequences' for refusing to submit to 'Mark of the Beast' ID badge...

Safe for now? Warrantless email bill gets scuttled

Alright, third post now regarding Big Brother-ish news.  Makes you wonder if they are trying to push this stuff through this week because of the holiday here in the states, hoping nobody will notice.  From the article, "Leahy's proposal would have allowed over 22 agencies...to access Americans' e-mail, Google Docs files, Facebook wall posts, and Twitter direct messages without a search warrant."

Leahy scuttles his warrantless e-mail surveillance bill
After public criticism of proposal that lets government agencies warrantlessly access Americans' e-mail, Sen. Patrick Leahy says he will 'not support' such an idea at next week's vote.

Say hello to CISPA...

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