Topic: - on March 11, 2003 at 10:04:05 PM CET
Will GPS tech lead to 'geoslavery'?
Tracking technology gives access to dangerous power
Jerome Dobson worries that 1984 may be just around the corner. Dobson, a University of Kansas research professor and president of the American Geographical Society, is concerned that technical advances carry the potential for bringing about George Orwell's nightmarish vision of a society that destroys privacy. This new threat, says Dobson -- a respected leader in the field of geographic information technologies -- is "geoslavery."
Devices currently on the market, for example, use satellites to locate and track people anywhere on the planet.
One company sells a device that can record a vehicle's location so employers can keep track of every move their drivers make.
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