Le 2014-05-29 17:28, Doctor John a écrit :
> On 29/05/14 19:01, Le_Forgeron wrote:
>>
>> The DMCA (and the RIAA and similar) do not agree with you and had its
>> way to the law. Information is property, even if immaterial.
>> Same with patent (and patent-troll). That's the law, you can have it
>> changed but you have to live in its current version.
>>
>
> Sorry, I live in the UK. US legislation is not applicable here. Note
> also that that within this legislation area there is no such thing as
> software copyright.
>
>> Have you no problem with that remote-camera in your dressing and your
>> bathroom ? We also connected your toilet. It's just information. (and we
>> sell it to your insurance company and tailor... your bank is also
>> interested in your health analysis from the pattern of the flush on the
>> toilet).
>
> What? Get real not paranoid.

Big Data is here, and will only get worse.

Smart thermostats that detect when you walk in a room and automatically 
turn up the heat or AC?  You betcha they keep stats and upload them to 
the Mothership.  Now these are using wifi to talk to one another, and 
since the GoogleMobile conveniently recorded the SSID of all the wifi 
networks it saw, it know exactly where in the world this person is, and 
now it knows their personal habits:  when they wake up, at what time 
they leave the house, when they come back, at what time they go in the 
kitchen, where they spend their evening, at what time they go to bed.

Andy used to be a single who spent most evenings in his bedroom 
(probably playing computer games), but now on Fridays, he comes home 
form work and spends a long time in the bathroom, then leaves and comes 
back late and goes straight to bed, and spends his saturday afternoons 
in the kitchen, and evenings in the living room.  Combine this with the 
fact that his Netflix queue preference has moved from historical WWII 
movies to romcoms, you only need a little analytics engine to start 
making correlations and soon enough, you'll be able to figure out that 
he's got a new girlfriend, so you can start showing him jewelry ads...

Insurance companies are pushing to install black boxes in their 
customers' cars to record their driving habits and reward good drivers 
with lower premiums.  While they say they're not GPS-equipped, they do 
come with accelerometers in order to see if you drive like a maniac or 
not, and since insurance companies have to know where you live, using 
only acceleration data, and GIS data they can figure out which roads you 
take to work everyday, where you go for entertainment or shopping.  Oh! 
By the way, Officer Smith just subpoenaed this information as part of 
his investigation into your ex-girlfriend's disappearance.

Some utility companies have started installing smartmeters that can 
charge different rates based on the time of day, and also record your 
electricity usage.  Thes utility companies are trying to to push to have 
the means to selectively turn off appliances during high demand hours. 
Kid just threw up on the dining room table, 1 hour before the In-Laws 
arrived for Mother's day brunch and you want to wash it?  "HAL! Open the 
washing machine door!
- I'm sorry Dave! I'm afraid I can't do that."

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