Posted @ whirlpool - ILCF pt5

derspatz writes...Admittedly, in their worlds free of spam,

that system assumes that people care what others think of them.

the fact that known spammers (and criminals) continue to spam

Oh, I should have described it a little better. At least one of the mentioned authors described in detail the fictional email/messaging system that made spam all but impossible. Once again, it involved everyone having their own permanent implant id/email address and no such thing as an anon id, nor the ability to create bogus ones. As the sending of anything was all biometrically linked, the only way a spammer could get their message out without giving themselves away, was to drug and kidnap someone and use their interface ... but in a world of constant passive surveillance etc, etc, etc, it wasn't worth the trouble.

Anyway, do you think we are going to end up with similar sorts of communication systems described in popular sci-fi ? Do you think we will end up opting for implants in relation to ID, debit/credit, network/voip access and the like ? Actually RFID implants for ID and debit/credit are already being used here and there if you care to look it up ... so how long before it is far more common along with imbedded mobile phone type devices that are also linked into the web to skype over to anywhere it can be tapped into ?

I reckon it and a whole lot more is all closer than we might imagine. No wonder the Power That Be want to try and get in with a level of greater control now ...

regarDS