The following articles describe an email reading software Big Bro is
apparently already using. I think this is more than appropriate to start a
discussion about.
While it can be a powerful tool in the right hands, my three concerns about
this are:
1. Privacy of course - just the same way you don't want somebody
reading your snail mail - for all intents and purposes email is not
different.
2. Who oversees the agents in terms of - who are they going to go
after - bad guys, or maybe political opponents?
3. How long before the software will collect 'other' information as
well - and sell -ah pardon me: "make it available" to "valuable third party
companies" ?
Make up your own mind, here are the links:
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2601502,00.html
and
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2601960,00.html
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