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Weighing the Value of Privacy
An anonymous reader writes "A new study from HP Labs shows that the reluctance of individuals to reveal private information (or how much money they would demand to do so), depends on how far they perceive themselves to be from the norm. For example, those who think they are overweight ask a higher price to step on a scale in front of their peers, than those of average weight. From the article: 'How and why people decide to transition their information from the private to the public sphere is poorly understood. To address this puzzle, we conducted a reverse second-price auction to identify the monetary value of private information to individuals and how that value is set. Our results demonstrate that deviance, whether perceived or actual, from the group's average asymmetrically impacts the price demanded to reveal private information.'"
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So what would that mean for these people?
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Bullshit.
One word: SPAM.
'nuff said.
Business isn't willing to pay for products, innovation and careers, so we get brands, mortgage commercials and layoffs.
Show me the UML models for alot of Open source projects. I bet you find them few and far between.
Thats the problem with alot of the quality of software, lack of documentation, predesign and its just banged together.
We dont need nor want solutions like that.
Show me an APPROVED and CERTIFIED OSS product thats used in mission and life critical situations.