Once upon a time it did , but no more
A time when people lived on the ground and visited each other in
their offices to conduct business or in their homes for small talk
Then around 1981 , came IBM PC ( and clones
called, “ IBM Compatibles “ ) , followed by Internet around 1990
That started the deluge !
·
E-Mailing / Messaging Apps (
one – to – one / one – to – many )
·
Search Engines / Job Portals
·
Social Media sites / E
Commerce sites / Aggregation sites of every type
·
Hardware ( Smart phones / Tablets / Laptops / Wrist Bands )
·
Spiders / Crawlers / Cookies
/ Mobile Apps / Chat Bots
·
Headsets ( AR / VR ) / Hepatic Gloves / Holograms / Google Glasses
·
Artificial Intelligence / Cloud / IP V.6
·
Robots ( to give me medicines
or keep me company in 85th year of life )
And , with or without my permission , these “ apparitions /
contraptions “ captured – and made available for everyone
to view – EVERYTHING about me ( - for monetary
considerations or in exchange for INFORMATION about the users ! )
This was information about me , which , until
their arrival , was known to only a few .
Information such as :
·
Who I am ( name )
·
Where and when, I was born /
who were my parents
·
Where I grew up / where I live currently
·
Do I live in a rented place or in an owned flat
·
What Schools / Colleges I attended ( - and degrees I acquired )
·
What
Companies I worked for and salaries I got
·
How I travel to work ( own
vehicle or public transport )
·
Where I go for my holidays / what books I read
·
Who I married and who are my children ( - and how many )
·
If divorced , how much alimony I pay and to whom
·
Where I invest my money ( Banks – Funds – Equity etc )
·
How much I have borrowed from whom and for how long
·
My Credit ranking ( including my spending history / card wise –
wallet wise )
·
What are my eating ( food ) preferences and the restaurants I visit
·
What I
do for entertainment ( Music / Movies / Videos )
·
What clothes I wear and how
often do I buy
·
Who are my friends and how often I phone / text them / meet them
·
What ailments I suffer from and what medicines I take
·
What minor offences ( traffic ) or crimes that I have committed
·
What elections I have contested ( won and lost )
·
Who are my doctors / lawyers / brokers / agents etc
·
What web sites I visit and how often and for how long
·
What do I search on the Net / What RSS feeds I subscribe to
·
What TV channels I watch and Radio Stations that I listen to
·
Every photo of mine ever
taken ( selfie or otherwise )
·
Every phone call that I ever made or received
·
Every Email / Text message that I
ever sent or received
·
Every blog / comment that I
ever posted on the Web
·
Every face-to-face communication that I engaged in
And when that ( dreaded ? ) SINGULARITY arrives ( when Computer /
Internet / Artificial Intelligence combination , is expected to get smarter than
the human beings ) , expect the following :
·
Even things about me , which I may have left out in the above list
, will be known to the GOD( Give Our Data ) residing in the CLOUD (no need for
any permission )
·
That O3 ( Omnipresent /
Omniscient / Omnipotent ) , will dictate my life
·
Hopefully , O3 will be
governed by Issac Asimov’s “ 3 Laws of Robotics “
·
ARIHANT
will ensure the survival of HUMANITY
Postman does not knock at my door anymore
He knows , “
Privacy does not live here “
22 July 2017
www.hemenparekh.in
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