Re: ScientificAmerican.com: How RFID Tags Could Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Mike Godwin <mnemonic () gmail com>
Date: August 25, 2008 8:26:56 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: "ip" <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:     ScientificAmerican.com: How RFID Tags Could  
Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People


Dave,

One of the important points made by Karl Popper, a very influential  
philosopher of science, is that questions of origin are not questions  
of validity. In short, knowing what Albrecht's religious views are  
doesn't tell us anything about whether what she says is true. My own  
views about religion are hardly the same as Albrecht's, but I take her  
criticisms regarding RFIDs quite seriously.

--Mike Godwin
General Counsel
Wikimedia Foundation



On Aug 25, 2008, at 4:49 PM, David Farber wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Dave CROCKER <dhc2 () dcrocker net>
> Date: August 25, 2008 6:26:59 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>, Steve Lamont <spl () ncmir ucsd edu>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re:   ScientificAmerican.com: How RFID Tags Could  
> Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People
> Reply-To: dcrocker () bbiw net
>
>
>
> David Farber wrote:
> > > How RFID Tags Could Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People
> > >
> > > By Katherine Albrecht
> > While I agree with much of what Albrecht has to say, it's worth
> > knowing where she's apparently coming from:
>
>
> Or perhaps it isn't.
>
> As much as it might be titillating to focus on theatrical aspects of  
> a critic, that focus serves only to distract from the factual  
> discussion.
>
> If the critic raises valid concerns, it does not matter what they do  
> in the privacy of their home, their religion, or their head.  What  
> matters is whether their concern is valid.
>
> Would it be "worth knowing" that she's a member of the NRA, a member  
> of the Sierra Club, does beading, drives a hybrid, drives an SUV or  
> prefers pants rather than skirts?  Does it alter the pragmatic  
> aspects of the concerns she is raising?
>
> Then why is it "worth knowing" that she deems some things the work  
> of the devil, other than as theater?
>
> d/
>
> --
>
> Dave Crocker
> Brandenburg InternetWorking
> bbiw.net
>
>
>
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