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Originally Posted by gmw
This article: Trading Privacy for Convenience is nine years old now but still seems relevant (obviously it's missing the new ways we've chosen to donate our data):
Taken from the bottom of that short post is this link to a YouTube video from The Onion. Worth a look just for the laugh.
And why should you care? This 2008 article (also from Bruce Schneier) offers:
As I noted earlier, for me privacy is not so much about my personal need as it is the social impact. I want a society where privacy is the default, not one where privacy is a constant struggle. |
If you want something private don’t tell anyone. This has been true far before the internet ever existed. Nothing you’ve pulled from this article nor from this thread are mandated actions. You are free to partake in them as you wish, Facebook has options that allow you to dictate who can and can’t tag you. You can also always remove tags of yourself from your photos or others. Twitter needs to catch up on this feature. I can’t speak to the others mentioned.
And lest anyone here thinks local mom and pop shops don’t keep some sort of tabs on what you buy I’ve got a bridge to sell you (I promise I won’t keep track of which bridge you want or anything
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