The Assignment

In this blog, I want to gather information on social tracking which will then allow me to develop an opinion on whether this technology is more inclined to promote efficiency or invade privacy, and therefore whether it is an ethical use of the technology. I will be examining devices like loopt for the iPhone; google latitude; GPS cards in phones, cars, and tags; RFID tags; and any other related technologies that come up during my information gathering. Some issues I will be evaluating are Security, Privacy, Efficiency, Safety (from the police standpoint), Profit, Organization, Anonymity, and many others.