Dave, This evening BBC transmitted an interesting program concerning privacy and surveillance. Probably not a lot new to most IP readers, but the compilation is compelling. The program is described at <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5015826.stm> and is online to watch until 2nd June at <http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/ programmes/?id=money_programme>. Enjoy - if that's the right word. Denis. Is business the real Big Brother? By Adam Harcourt-Webster BBC Money Programme Monitoring and surveillance of employees and customers by big business is now commonplace. Some German shoppers already have their purchases tracked It's increasingly a feature of our daily lives, because businesses have found that it makes good business sense. But is corporate snooping out of control? ... ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as eugen@leitl.org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]