[or-roots] YOUR PHONE NUMBER

[W David Samuelsen]

They got my address at wrong end of the street and that's in middle of the city.

David Samuelsen

CKlooster at aol.com wrote:
> Well, here's an idea...fill out the removal form and remove all your 
> friends and neighbors!
>  
> I looked at my information and found that I'm living about fifty miles 
> from the nearest community...smack in the middle of the Alaskan 
> wilderness.  I know that my village is pretty remote, but this program 
> has some obvious limitations because it places my residence far away 
> from where it actually is.  I also looked at some rural Oregon family 
> phone numbers and see that those residences are also way off on map 
> quest et al.  So I guess the plan to preserve privacy should involve 
> moving to Alaska or some other part of rural America.  The only problem 
> with that is that small town/rural living insures that you have zero 
> privacy...EVERYBODY knows where you are and what you are doing at any 
> given moment.
>  
> For the really paranoid among us, consider the new cell phone technology 
> that allows them to pinpoint exactly where you are at any given moment.  
> The 911 gene is ostensibly to allow you to be located with a 911 
> call...but think of all the more sinister possibilities.  On the other 
> hand, your descendents may not only be able to locate you on the family 
> tree, they may be able to download a complete catalog of your daily 
> movements!  Welcome to the Brave New World.
>  
> Carla