IP: Re:: We know where you are , have been etc

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 16:31:33 -0500
>From: gep2@terabites.com
>Subject: Re: IP: We know where you are , have been etc
>To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
>X-Mailer: SPRY Mail Version: 04.00.06.17
>
>[auto insurers tracking their insured by GPS]
>
>This strikes me as almost as offensive, if not moreso, than that car rental
>place that tracks their customers trips by GPS and sends detailed stats on 
>their
>driving to the rental company.
>
>Of course, one could say "don't rent from them" or "don't insure through 
>them"
>but then what?  Are we going to have to go to "last ditch"
>insurers-of-last-resort at exorbitant prices if we want to maintain our 
>privacy?
>
>And when will the government decide to subpoena the records, so they can 
>figure
>out where we've been hanging out?  I don't like the sound of that ONE BIT.
>
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