At 01:37 AM 10/16/00 -0400, Nathan Saper wrote:
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 07:11:19PM -0700, James A.. Donald wrote:
Have you been sealed in a box the last ten years? Companies may send you junk mail. Governments will confiscate your property and put you in jail,.
Companies are wanting to keep records of genetic information and other HUGE infringments on privacy. Sure, right now, the bigger risk is the government (what with Carnivore and all), but I'd say that in less than a decade, global corporations will be much more powerful than any government. Already, with WTO/NAFTA/etc. regulations, corporations are often outside of the control of governments.
Hilarious. You make JD's point. A company just wants to estimate the cost to insure you. A government wants to take your DNA at a traffic stop and run it against their collection so they can arrest you.