So, Google/Motorola wants to tattoo a smartphone receiver on your neck!
Why do my thoughts keep drifting back to that dystopian world of George Orwell’s 1984 whenever I read of many of the new “advances” of the so-called ‘smart’ world? I suppose the folk at ACEBR would say that I was just a paranoid Luddite. Perhaps so, but consider the wondrous Google/Motorola electronic tattoo that can be placed on a smart phone user’s neck and which could interface with a number of smart gadgets and also function as a built in lie detector? (Below). A handy thing to have tattoed on the public’s necks for the current ruling corporatocracy. In 1984 thoughtcrime is the criminal act of holding unspoken beliefs or doubts that oppose or question the ruling party. In the book, the government attempts to control not only the speech and actions, but also the very thoughts of its subjects. To entertain unacceptable thought is also known as crimethink in Newspeak, the ideologically purified dialect of the party. Google/Motorola’s electronic tattoo would fit in very well with the fictional world of 1984.
Can we trust Google not to go overboard on this type of technology? Hardly
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