CDR: Re: why should it be trusted?

[David Honig]

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.