Comments on: Whither privacy? http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/05/16/whither-privacy/ Nic Brisbourne's view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom Shelley http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/05/16/whither-privacy/#comment-2092 Tom Shelley Fri, 23 May 2008 10:00:25 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/05/16/whither-privacy/#comment-2092 I think it's worth checking out Danah Boyd and Fred Stutzman on this. Having no privacy is the privilege of a certain strata of the tech elite, but you only have to see the adoption of privacy controls on Facebook to see that people love privacy. The 'Get over it' attitude is similar to the 'if you're doing nothing wrong then you shouldn't mind the Government snooping' attitude. If anyone can say they've never thought or done anything they don't want to share with everybody, then go for it on no privacy. I'm more of the belief that privacy has never been a more important factor in design. (Read Tom Coates on FireEagle to back this up). I think it’s worth checking out Danah Boyd and Fred Stutzman on this. Having no privacy is the privilege of a certain strata of the tech elite, but you only have to see the adoption of privacy controls on Facebook to see that people love privacy.

The ‘Get over it’ attitude is similar to the ‘if you’re doing nothing wrong then you shouldn’t mind the Government snooping’ attitude. If anyone can say they’ve never thought or done anything they don’t want to share with everybody, then go for it on no privacy. I’m more of the belief that privacy has never been a more important factor in design. (Read Tom Coates on FireEagle to back this up).

]]> By: Tom Shelley http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/05/16/whither-privacy/#comment-11330 Tom Shelley Fri, 23 May 2008 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2008/05/16/whither-privacy/#comment-11330 I think it's worth checking out Danah Boyd and Fred Stutzman on this. Having no privacy is the privilege of a certain strata of the tech elite, but you only have to see the adoption of privacy controls on Facebook to see that people love privacy. The 'Get over it' attitude is similar to the 'if you're doing nothing wrong then you shouldn't mind the Government snooping' attitude. If anyone can say they've never thought or done anything they don't want to share with everybody, then go for it on no privacy. I'm more of the belief that privacy has never been a more important factor in design. (Read Tom Coates on FireEagle to back this up). I think it’s worth checking out Danah Boyd and Fred Stutzman on this. Having no privacy is the privilege of a certain strata of the tech elite, but you only have to see the adoption of privacy controls on Facebook to see that people love privacy.

The ‘Get over it’ attitude is similar to the ‘if you’re doing nothing wrong then you shouldn’t mind the Government snooping’ attitude. If anyone can say they’ve never thought or done anything they don’t want to share with everybody, then go for it on no privacy. I’m more of the belief that privacy has never been a more important factor in design. (Read Tom Coates on FireEagle to back this up).

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