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Somebody’s Watching

Camps that forbid the use of cell phones, Internet and iPods are often a difficult adjustment for youngsters and parents. (File Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
Camps that forbid the use of cell phones, Internet and iPods are often a difficult adjustment for youngsters and parents. (File Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
Camps that forbid the use of cell phones, Internet and iPods are often a difficult adjustment for youngsters and parents. (File Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

“You’re being followed. Stalkers are everywhere, even in your pocket. That’s the warning Wednesday from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the San Francisco-based civil liberties group.

In a “white paper” entitled On Locational Privacy, and How to Avoid Losing it Forever , the group warns how everyday ways of life and our gadgets are transforming us into a digitized stalking society.” More here:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/08/digitized-stalking-is-the-new-world-order/

How concerned are you about digital stalking?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog