Monday, January 29, 2007

New word for the 21st-century "geoslavery"


Biometric, is a study of methods for uniquely recognizing humans based on one a more interested physical or behavioral traits[Wikipedia]
The use of biometric systems is not new, however, New York City government agencies Union claim that biometric scanners are a sort of " geoslavery” and will be used to track, label and control workforces.
"It's frustrating, it's kind of an insult," Dennis Colson, 53, a surveyor at New York City's Department of design and construction told Reuters. "They are talking about going to voice and retina scanners and that's an invasion of privacy in that they can track you wherever you go."

biometric systems give the city a license to obtain personal data, uniquely identifiable data to track workers, explains Jon Forster, of the Civil Service Technical Guild, which represents Department of Design and Construction workers
with GPS systems in cell phones and in cars, is biometric monitoring from companies really something new?
The survey of 526 U.S. companies also showed 36 percent of employers track computer content, keystrokes and time spent at the keyboard, while half of store and review employees' computer files and 55 percent retain and review e-mail messages.

The University of Georgia pioneered the use of a hand geometry when it installed scanners in the students dining hall in 1974.
next up, the implant

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Before the implant I believe they will try a tatoo of your SSN on your arm. Maybe then people will swarm OUT of the country instead of into it!

Bobkatt said...

Combine the RFID chip tracking of civilians with the chipping of all animals and we have pretty much total control don't we? While all of this technology is being sold as a benefit to humanity, my gut says just the opposite. I find it hard to believe that these companies have any goal in mind except manipulation and control.