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  • september 18-24, 2002 news anal SIS newsmagazine Technology, Rapidly Automating Life and Disturbing Personal Priva By: Michael Davis I WCnewsmagazine mbedded Chips, GPS and Satellites (Oh my!) Back in the late 1990s, the federal government was looking into a national car tag system involving embedded chips that could be tracked by satellite. At the time, it seemed to be such an Orwellian idea, too "sci-fi" and impossible to implement. But now it's just a little too close to reality. Anyone with "On Star" navigation in his or her car is already there. Not long after my brother had gotten a new SUV did he get to experience the convenience of GPS. He said he had taken his boat to the lake and locked his keys in his car. Fortunately, he had his cell phone with him and the "On Star" number programmed. With a phone call, he said that his vehicle automatically unlocked before he said "good-bye" to the operator. Retrieving his keys from his locked vehicle took less than five minutes. Before "On Star" that little fiasco could have ruined a perfectly good fishing trip, but thanks to technology, he did not miss a bite. Rights e •E63mi .44. * your no giattewwherei€is with WCnewsmagazine kVe want to kWh/ what you think: 1) should we have to give privacy tvv order to embrace teohmLoøu? 2) should teohmLoøu replace poLtoe/Law ewforoemevvt ? 3) What betvvd of LeøtsLatt0LAv reøardtwø use ofteohwoLoøu , tfav%, do we Leed? Let us know what you think. Send us Email: wc@wcu.edu Ithough this technology is convenient, the implications in a broader context are a bit frightening. Do we really want satellites tracking us like convicted criminals under house arrest? Combine this technology with facial recognition technology and you can create a database of information that will do more than send habitual speed freaks their citations in the mail. In the future, police will employ greater technology in law enforcement. Instead of being pulled over for breaking the speed limit, the officer will retrieve your vehicle information off of an embedded chip in the registration tag. High- speed chases will be a thing of the past; GPS tracking will locate and disable any vehicle violating the law. Law enforcement will monitor your comings and goings by typing your vehicle's tag number into their computer. A satellite will then tell them where you are, how fast you're traveling, and if you are wearing your electronically monitored seatbelt. Maybe Bill Gates will create the new software they will require and call it "Microsoft Officer." While I joke, reality is no laughing matter. Private industry is already employing the technology. In a Connecticut case, James Turner rented a car from ACME Car Rental. When he returned the vehicle, the company had used GPS tracking to determine that he had been speeding on three different occasions. He is now contesting the $150 fine he was charged in each infraction, $450 was debited from his checking account by the company The system ACME uses can not only monitor their vehicles, it can track and disable them as well. Turner is not the only consumer seeing the "benefits" of GPS in rental cars. In a Florida case, one plaintiff is suing another rental agency for charging in excess of $3,000 in fines they say showed up on their credit card statement. And yes, industry is not alone - parents are using tracking devices to monitor their children. Armed with GPS tracking technology, parents are using it to inform them of when and where their child has been driving. From the data stored in the system, parents can create maps of where their children have been, at what times and how fast they traveled. Teenagers won't be able to say they have been at the library, when they were really at the mall, anymore. We want to know what you think. Do you believe you should have to give up privacy in order to embrace technology? What kind of legislation, if any, do we need?
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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolin...

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