I just signed up to post a comment along the same lines.
Remember, we lose our privacy to companies like google, fb etc, who wouldn't think about sharing what they're up to at the moment or in the future. Not only can they access and analyse our private data, they actively exploit their knowledge about you (by giving it away in a condensed form), while not allowing other companies to freely access this data.
One should see the parallels of companies secret and personal data. If no privacy were possible for individuals, it would not be possible for someone to start up a company (like fb, twitter, wordpress), because the existing big players could steal your ideas very quickly by feeling the 'pulse of the crowd'.
anyway, everyone who says they have nothing to hide, may either be ******* ******, or they really haven't, and thus are just dull people.
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I just signed up to post a comment along the same lines. Remember, we lose our privacy to companies like google, fb etc, who wouldn't think about sharing what they're up to at the moment or in the future. Not only can they access and analyse our private data, they actively exploit their knowledge about you (by giving it away in a condensed form), while not allowing other companies to freely access this data. One should see the parallels of companies secret and personal data. If no privacy were possible for individuals, it would not be possible for someone to start up a company (like fb, twitter, wordpress), because the existing big players could steal your ideas very quickly by feeling the 'pulse of the crowd'. anyway, everyone who says they have nothing to hide, may either be ******* ******, or they really haven't, and thus are just dull people.