Being watched is one thing and, with the proliferation of security cameras, to be expected now days. It was the first step.

Being watched and identified is another thing entirely. The first step was bad enough, this one strikes me as a step too far - so, yes, I would agree it is dangerous.

Neil

In the world of sports, DNF = Did Not Finish. Apt?

Neil

You're a cynic.

Or maybe just a realist.

Neil

I really am bemused by the extreme ranges of responses to this story. It seems that there is only either end of the spectrum - "Yay, for Greek Government for protecting our privacy" to "I trust Google more than I trust any government" - and almost no middle ground. Have we really become that fractured and that single-minded about things?

Neil

From the article: ...Roman Hüssy, a 21-year-old Swiss information technology expert, who last month witnessed a collection of more than 100,000 hacked Microsoft Windows systems tearing themselves apart...

Hmmm, I might query the qualification "expert" given that:

• he runs Windows,
• he had a 100,000 (!) of them,
• they were all infested with a trojan, and
• he sat around watching them die.

Neil

Dearest Natasha,

Our cunning plan is vorkink. Not much longer and you can quit your job in capitalist cotton svab factory and ve vill haf seats at the right hand of fearless leader as he rules the vorld!

love,
Boris