It's funny how people get worked up over this.

If you don't want info about yourself recorded, there's a number of things to do -- always buy with cash is one of them. However, this actually creates a HIGHER profile for you.

The better strategy is to make sure there's public records that show you as an average person; nothing to worry about, move along citizen. And if you have something private to convey, do it in person or send postal mail.

I can only imagine the reality shows that would ensue should this technology become available for private use...:shudder:

Originally posted by ProudAmerican
Minicomputer expert Gordon Bell, for one, is said to be putting all his letters, memos, conversations, Web page visits, emails, etc. into a Microsoft research project called MyLifeBits.

okay, well I think that's sort of a neat idea. I'm of the belief that bits of everyday life are just as telling as big chunks of historical events. however, that doesn't mean that in 100 years, anybody's really going to care about the collected database of the spam this guy recieved. I'm all for collecting neat little bits of digital life in the 2000s for posterity, but the world really doesn't need every little bit of a particular life. not to mention the absolute last people I'd trust a project like this to is Microsoft. they'd probably use his collected life archive as a big marketing project or something.