Online Privacy
My writing on Facebook and Google+ sparked some commentary regarding online privacy. Usually when the topic comes up, people tend to have either strong opinions or no opinion at all. My hope is that more people will come to think about it because it is an issue of some complexity that is getting decided for us, and I’m not sure that’s what we want. In fact, we all need to care a bit about the Internet if we want to see it continue to be a tool for democratization and not something controlled by specific interests.
There’s a particularly good article in the Chronicle that lays out the argument for why we should all care about privacy - even if you have nothing to hide. It deserves a thoughtful read.
Then, if you want to think more about the separate issue I mentioned of who controls the internet you may find this article from I, Cringely to be a good jumping off point for a number of ideas…
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