While it is hard to track Allen’s travels, or indeed get a
straight answer about anything from him, he ended up hiding seeking higher
education at an American university.
While there, he spoke to someone about an Internet program
that allowed people to stalk each other.
The idea, he was told, was that a person could put up a picture of them self and write about their feelings or any little thing that came to mind.
You could
tell people about your lunch and through the magic of something called GPS
pinpoint exactly where you had it. Allen thought someone should tell the
military about that GPS thing.
He also thought, “This is just like having a book with your
face on it in a library that anyone could read”.
Allen was no longer a fan of libraries and the last time he was booked and had
his picture taken he ended up with 30 days community service.
Reflecting on how his friends business acquaintances would react to
having their images, location and rap sheet resume available to anyone with a
computer, Allen decided not to offer to invest in the project.
Instead he offered this advice to the young student, “People will start putting pictures of their cats on there. Maybe even video someday. You don’t want to be any part of that”.
Instead he offered this advice to the young student, “People will start putting pictures of their cats on there. Maybe even video someday. You don’t want to be any part of that”.
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