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Have We Lost Our Privacy To the Internet?
An anonymous reader writes "An article in the Guardian, penned by Joss Wright and Tom Chatfield, discusses whether we — as in Internet users in general — are, or indeed are not, giving away way too much information about ourselves to large Corporations that profit handsomely from mining the info. The article talks about how contemporary internet companies — perhaps predictably — are run with a 'privacy is dead' motto. It considers what implications having all your private data out on the internet — where it can be seen, searched, shared, retransmitted, perhaps archived forever without your consent — has for the 'future of our society' (by which the authors presumably mean the society of the UK). The (rather long) article ends by mentioning that Gmail scans your email, that Facebook apps frequently send your private data right to the app developer, that iPhones are known to log your geographic location, and that some smartphone apps read your address book and messages, then dial home to transmit this info to the company that developed the app."
Anyone else find it ironic that an anonymous reader submitted an article about losing privacy?
The more you know, the more you have to say and the more you should listen.
We do not really need anonymity. The business of the future can serve us more efficiently if they know us, and therefor what we might want. I say trust Google to do the right thing.
I am called Skapare. I've been called Skapare since I played text MUD games online. I do my best to annoy Slashdotters. My phone runs Android. So now I guess everyone knows everything there is to know about me.
now we need to go OSS in diesel cars
Chill. Entropy wins every time.
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People seem confused in the differences between "I do nothing illegal" and "I have nothing to hide".
Exactly. I suggest that all those who equate wanting privacy with being criminals be forced to carry out their personal necessities like bathing, grooming and using the restroom on national television. We can call it the "but you've got nothing to hide you dumb shit" show.
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.