Comments on: Privacy advocates frown on Amazon snooping plan

Does a newly patented system that examines customers' gift-giving habits go too far?

[Bill Dautrive]

Invented?

Is this a 'new technology' that they are going to try and patent also?

Amazon turned into a joke, which is too bad since you can get a lot of things cheaply. I used to do business with them often, but refuse to do so anymore, and told them why. Little good it will do, but anyone who feels the same way I urge them to do the same thing and let them know.

Your privacy is non-existant, get over it"

"People will hesitate to publish reviews if they know the result is to enlarge their profile in some secret marketing database."

-> The market speaks, business listens.

If you don't like the situation, it's simple... don't shop there. Enough people stop buying things change. Mission accomplished.

The "Market" will prove that most people could don't give a hoot. All they want is the product, Privacy, security as displayed by the recent ChoicePoint etc. Most people are unaware of the exetent of the data collection that's going on.

Where are all the law suites, news paper stories, Lawmaker crying out for justice!. Token investagtions the go on, and on , and on, and come to the conculsion that improper procedures were used, and that's it.

To paraphase Sun's CEO Scott McNealy "Your privacy is non-existant, get over it"

And the polly anna's wringing thier hands over this,

[John Kuzak]

market speaks, business listens

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[Stating]

Freedom Is Not Free

Apparently in the times we now live in privacy is not a right but a means for companies and instituitions to make money off your identity. Your individual responsibility is to make it as difficult for these enemies of privacy as possible. Generally speaking, the bigger the company the larger privacy threat they pose. The incremental cost to them to compile, track, rack, and stack data on you is trivial once they have the IT infrastructure in place.

The best way to ensure your privacy is to use cash. Remember what you did before Amazon? You went to the local mall or Main Street to buy a gift and a card (or maybe MADE a card), wrapped it, and mailed it at the post office. OK, so it's a little more work. But isn't your own privacy and security WORTH a little work? Freedom is not free.

Keith
www.techcando.com