A new threat to privacy is emerging in the form of a tiny microchip with an antenna attached (RFID=Radio Frequency IDentification). As I read through the article below, many thoughts crossed my mind, unfortunately most of them were not good ones. It concerns me to think about how much information the government and if the RFID trend continues in the retail area, companies will soon have about us.
So I hope that you all read the article and familiarize yourself with a technology that could become much more saturated in your life over the next ten years, and ask yourself how you feel about this new use of technology. This post was simply created to bring up an issue that many people seem to be unaware of, but could potentially have a huge impact on our lives in the future.
If you are like me and had a strong reaction one way or the other, leave a comment below and take action to make your opinion count.
I recently read an article on www.sitepoint.com, “The Future of the Web: What to Expect in 2008” discussing new web trends and innovations their writers believed to be headed our way for 2008. One of the the more interesting predictions related to the belief that more and more search applications will develop geographic search functions. For instance, instead of simply typing in your destination address to Google Maps and receiving some basic information about what the terrain at the location looks like and how to get there, you could potentially come up with information on what restaurants are close, article reviews of such places as well as other entertainment spots in the area, weather forecasts and conditions for that specific geographic location and a host of other information This new geographic area just became fully accessible.
The interest for me came in the form of one question that you may find interesting to ponder yourself. What does this mean for individuals as well as for businesses and community’s? How will this new set of readily available information impact areas that may be well kept secrets, or long time favorites, as well as the way that businesses now communicate information and fight to control the information that is communicated about them on the web?
