Tomorrow - Bulletin of Singapore Bloggers tag: privacy

Superhero Presents Strong Case for ID Cards as States Get Real ID Extension

Mr Miyagi — 2008-04-06T00:28:43+08:00

To start with, I have a passport too, like everyone in the world, which is already used to track me when I move out of my country to fight super-criminals in places like New York, London, or Albuquerque.

Then, if I have to be concerned about privacy, I am more worried about how companies track my purchases and habits using my credit cards—to share how many red thongs and capes I buy with other associated companies or how their own marketing departments—than about the ID card itself. That, to me, is where the true battle for privacy is..

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Singapore - "an endemic surveillance society"

lancerlord — 2008-01-01T16:03:57+08:00

Privacy International (PI) rates Singapore as "an endemic surveillance society" in its survey.

The worst ranking EU country is the United Kingdom, which again fell into the "black" category along with Russia and Singapore.
Singapore:
- No right to privacy under constitution, though the High Court has ruled that personal information may be protected under duty of confidences
- No statutory protections, and has been under review for thirteen years
- Judicial warrants are not necessary for surveillance
- ID required for using ISP's
- Data-sharing with government is not necessarily on legal basis
- No workplace surveillance regulation as this is regulated under property law
- Some protections for genetic testing
- 'Biopass' is a passport with fingerprint and facial biometrics

Link to PDF version of the survey

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McStalking (24hrs daily)

alvinism — 2007-11-06T15:57:24+08:00

Marc Chen said:

If you wish to find out someone’s address, you can actually call up Macdonald’s 24hrs Delivery Line to find out. (Well, that is if that someone has ordered Macdonald’s through the delivery line before.)

How did I find out? There was this time, I got my friend to order Mac through the delivery line for me, and he used my mobile number for the order. Yupz, the operator read out my entire address!

Recommended by alvinism: "So much for privacy from our friendly clown, Ronald MacDonald...."

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Latest Internet Surveillance System reborn in Singapore

2007-03-31T17:18:43+08:00

Wired.COM said:

"In 2003, plans for [usa] Total Information Awareness, or TIA, sparked outrage among privacy advocates....Poindexter resigned...[TIA was terminated, to be reborn in] Singapore, a country that mixes elements of democratic governance with authoritarian rule..."

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Data mining and surveillance of internet works against privacy of the internet user and his free speech. It will send everyone back to the stone age of controlled "Speakers corners" where nobody speaks anything significant or controversial and nobody listens."

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Singapore is becoming "Big Brother" Society

2006-11-06T16:35:08+08:00

Ed*** said:

It struck me that Singapore has somewhat a similar situation, so I decided to check out the ranking of our "bright red dot" amongst the international communities at Privacy International. I was not surprised when I see that Singapore and Russia are joint third from the bottom of the list of 37 leading surveillance countries surveyed (25EU & 12 Rest of the World).

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Singapore at its best again"

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Privacy’s going the way of the Dinosaur

2006-06-15T02:02:56+08:00

Jonathan said:

My point is that M1 knows where I was and who I SMSed. They probably know that I’ve got a Nokia 3100 as well, and they as sure as hell know what time it was. Let us backtrack a little.

How do YOU know where I was and who I was SMSing using which phone at what time this morning? Simple. I just TOLD you. How did M1 know? My phone told them, and no, my lovely phone did not consult me beforehand about letting M1 know. See my point?

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "So that much privacy is gone, what's next?"

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Tomorrow not free...

2005-06-14T12:34:06+08:00

Anonymous Blogger said:

i mean i know it's an honour have your entries being showcased for all to see, increase site traffic, earn brownie points, contribute to news around the blogosphere.

But i have to remain anonymous...with exposure, im unable to do that. Being exposed might do me more harm than joy. So here it is...

No Tomorrow-ing of blog.

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[jseng: Oh, the irony]