Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Govt Recordkeeping NFC OT No Ferrari Content

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

If they upload the data into SAP, we'll be fine. No one can run a
detailed report out of that crappy program.

On 4/17/09, LarryT <l02turner [at] comcast.net> wrote:
> Just saw a disturbing TV  commercial (IMHO) on the History Channel where
> dozens of white robed technicans proudly talk about what they are working
> on.  Seems they want to create a huge database that puts medical records,
> insurance records, hospital records, etc etc where *everything* talks to
> everything else!  Don't know about you, but this doesn't sound like the
> greatest idea.  Sure, it may make the insurance business more profitible,
> but at the expense of patient privacy!  We've had a regular diet of reports
> of credit card information being lost or stolen when hard drives are given
> away, lost or stolen.  That's *very* bad.  But medical records being out
> there for all to see is even worse IMHO.
>
> Yet here they are, all those IBM technicians proudly boasting they are
> working toward the goal of total integration of
> your life's total body of information.
>
> Am I being too paranoid?  I mean, I don't have to worry about finding a job
> anymore, but someone with a family history of heart disease or cancer  may
> not get hired if that info is readily available.
>
> It seems the govt wants to eventually create an electronic record of each
> person in this world -- driving records, working reccords, health records,
> tax records, family records, - everything.  Sure sounds like 1984 to me.
> Loss of pivacy is one thing - having faceless bureaucrats crawling through
> every facet of my families' life is not something I want happening.  It may
> surprise you to learn they're not ALL honest.
>
> The computer has brought us great convienence but it has the ability to
> cause great harm also.
>
> LarryT
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