Episode 1405 • • 1:22:47 - 1:25:51
1405: No Shields, No Deals
Smart Cards, NFC Technology and the Death of Privacy
The hosts reflect on the 1980s marketing of "smart cards," which were promised to simplify life by combining IDs, passports, and medical records. This technology has evolved into the modern NFC-enabled smartphone. They recall Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy's famous quote that "privacy is for pussies," noting how the public has largely accepted the total loss of privacy for convenience.