Comments on: Big Second Cousin is Watching You http://techliberation.com/2006/09/25/big-second-cousin-is-watching-you/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Fri, 25 May 2012 18:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: eee_eff http://techliberation.com/2006/09/25/big-second-cousin-is-watching-you/comment-page-1/#comment-53378 eee_eff Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:49:30 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/09/25/big-second-cousin-is-watching-you/#comment-53378 <p>Another program that I had written an article about over at Freedom-to-Tinker is <a href="http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1030" rel="nofollow">Syndromic Surveillance</a> which is basically a system that's a kind of a trip wire for a disease outbreak.<br></p> <p><br>What I found interesting was that this relatively uncontroversial effort, of very major public health importance, remains in the very early stages of development, and is not adequately funded or prioritized by the GWB administration.<br></p> <p><br>On the other hand, we have other programs that are highly controversial, and of dubious value to public safety, that are well-funded and highly operational.<br></p> <p><br>Guess which one can be used against your political opponents, in a pinch?<br></p> Another program that I had written an article about over at Freedom-to-Tinker is Syndromic Surveillance which is basically a system that’s a kind of a trip wire for a disease outbreak.


What I found interesting was that this relatively uncontroversial effort, of very major public health importance, remains in the very early stages of development, and is not adequately funded or prioritized by the GWB administration.


On the other hand, we have other programs that are highly controversial, and of dubious value to public safety, that are well-funded and highly operational.


Guess which one can be used against your political opponents, in a pinch?

]]> By: enigma_foundry http://techliberation.com/2006/09/25/big-second-cousin-is-watching-you/comment-page-1/#comment-35179 enigma_foundry Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:49:30 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/09/25/big-second-cousin-is-watching-you/#comment-35179 <p>Another program that I had written an article about over at Freedom-to-Tinker is <a href="http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1030" rel="nofollow">Syndromic Surveillance</a> which is basically a system that's a kind of a trip wire for a disease outbreak.</p> <p> What I found interesting was that this relatively uncontroversial effort, of very major public health importance, remains in the very early stages of development, and is not adequately funded or prioritized by the GWB administration. <p> On the other hand, we have other programs that are highly controversial, and of dubious value to public safety, that are well-funded and highly operational. <p> Guess which one can be used against your political opponents, in a pinch? </p></p></p> Another program that I had written an article about over at Freedom-to-Tinker is Syndromic Surveillance which is basically a system that’s a kind of a trip wire for a disease outbreak.

What I found interesting was that this relatively uncontroversial effort, of very major public health importance, remains in the very early stages of development, and is not adequately funded or prioritized by the GWB administration.

On the other hand, we have other programs that are highly controversial, and of dubious value to public safety, that are well-funded and highly operational.

Guess which one can be used against your political opponents, in a pinch?

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