The Problem With Privacy
Trapped in a global surveillance society, we’ve lost sight of what privacy actually means. To reclaim its value, we must reconsider what we want to protect.
https://theprivacyissue.com/privacy-and-society/problem-with-privacy
@voltronic good read
like how it goes into the history factor
“Privacy is like voting. An individual’s privacy, like an individual’s vote, is usually largely irrelevant to anyone but themselves... but the accumulation of individual privacy or lack thereof, like the accumulation of individual votes, is enormously consequential.”
agree with that statement it is a massive public security problem
@Dobo @voltronic it's knowing what data you allowing these companies to collect on you and where that data then goes like data brokers to sell or kept indoors
it should be all be transparent then users can determine for themselves
like i use a lot of free google services and i can limit what data they collect on me and allow a certain amount to be collected personality ok with that cause i am using their free services mostly
tracking on the other hand well that's just the evil pit
Sure, I get that.
I just have a very definite idea of the form of the recommendations I would like to see, which is unfortunately not easy to fit in 500 characters, but what's in this article isn't that.
@Dobo I hope you post more, perhaps in linked posts.
Thanks for the interest. I think I'll write something on my almost-never-used blog, and post a link/excerpts here for comments.
@Dobo I look forward to seeing it. If you don't say it, it can't be heard.
@ecksmc @voltronic
I agree that it's a good read, and the historical perspective is good to have, but the three conclusive points are terribly vague: governments should do more, corporations should do more, individuals should do more.
So, basically, everyone should be more concerned about privacy, more transparent in how they generate and use data, and more circumspect in how they take advantage of intimate knowledge about others.