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April 3, 2007
The End of Privacy
jwz blogged about this article a while back, and it came up again in conversation at work today, so I thought I'd repost for the benefit of those who haven't seen it. Very interesting reading. I'm intrigued by the rock-n-roll analogy, in particular, the part about the old folks who saw it as a threat being right.
Posted by dmose at April 3, 2007 3:59 PM
Comments
Nonsense.
And get off my lawn!
Posted by: Justin Dolske at April 3, 2007 5:37 PM
Wouldn't it be more accurate to say "The End of Privacy for those who chose not to retain it"?
I certainly don't have a MySpace account, a FaceBook account etc. Not everyone I know has one, either.
Posted by: AName at April 3, 2007 6:28 PM
As someone in the "new generation" in the article, I've just got to echo the fact that it's not that scary. Dmose, you pointed out at work that in 10 yeras at least their peers and possibly even their employers will have these same sorts of online trails, and it will be no big deal.
Or it will blow up in everyone's faces horribly. Y'know.
Posted by: Colin Barrett at April 5, 2007 12:48 AM
@AName: To a some degree, yes. However, part of the point of the article, as I read it, is to suggest that stuff like MySpace and Facebook are just the last slip down a long slope at which everyone is already close to the bottom.
@Colin: I tend to agree that it's not super scary, but it's definitely a big change.
Posted by: Dan Mosedale at April 5, 2007 3:36 PM