Yes, since people voluntarily place their information on these networks, that attenuates the indignation at this government data collection a bit. BUT, what about information that's put up there involuntarily? Ex: I have a facebook account (sorry), but at the least I wanted to keep a picture myself off it. But soon after, Facebook added the feature to tag pictures with the names of the people in it, and given enough data sets, an algorithm to identify myself in newer pictures! Pictures of myself popped up, appropriately tagged, shortly thereafter.
I could de-tag myself on every picture, and ask each of my friends to stop, but such palliative measures are futile on the Internet...once the data's out, it's out!
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Spartans were hardly democratic!!
Yes, since people voluntarily place their information on these networks, that attenuates the indignation at this government data collection a bit. BUT, what about information that's put up there involuntarily? Ex: I have a facebook account (sorry), but at the least I wanted to keep a picture myself off it. But soon after, Facebook added the feature to tag pictures with the names of the people in it, and given enough data sets, an algorithm to identify myself in newer pictures! Pictures of myself popped up, appropriately tagged, shortly thereafter. I could de-tag myself on every picture, and ask each of my friends to stop, but such palliative measures are futile on the Internet...once the data's out, it's out!