Go on, watch me.

Focuses on the use of technology for the sake of convenience, despite its infringements on privacy. Mention of credit cards, cash-withdrawal machines, and computer technologies; Observation that mobile-phone companies hold data on an individual's calls and movements; Argument that data needs better...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 364; no. 8286; p. 12
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 8/17/2002
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