What'd bother me
is the thought of companies set up by people who've just been trained to invade other people's privacy wholesale and to see it as A Good Thing. Yes, I know, chances are most will be perfectly fine people that wouldn't do naughties, but what about the odd rotten apple? What if one of them starts the next big social network or search engine, or data analysis software? OK, I know that those horses have already left the stables so to speak, but heck, no, I do NOT think this is a good idea.
Considering most of our MP's don't appear to have a clue about science and the number that have been shown to be ethically challenged in recent years, I can't help but worry about what they're leading us into. As for saving money, I refer my honourable colleagues to the UK aircraft carrier fiasco, multiple government-funded IT disasters and HS2, all well-reported in this esteeemed publication. Stop that kind of crap, and spend the money on science instead, it'll return on investment many times over.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
