:: Big brother may soon be watching ::

Developers of Instant Messaging (IM) software have developed IM prototypes with predictive "rhythm awareness". The software tracks your available versus away times and days.

The goal? Provide a service to your contacts that can predict the best times of the day to find you online.

I understand why this might be useful and I know that perhaps this is being developed for altruistic reasons, but nonetheless it makes me uncomfortable. The possiblities for mis-use are too high.