Comments on: The retention of everything http://www.dbms2.com/2010/04/04/the-retention-of-everything/ Choices in data management and analysis Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:22:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Blunks » Is the Expectation of Privacy Reasonable? http://www.dbms2.com/2010/04/04/the-retention-of-everything/#comment-168476 Blunks » Is the Expectation of Privacy Reasonable? Sat, 15 May 2010 22:37:24 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=1833#comment-168476 [...] Looming over this conversation (and supporting Zuckerberg’s stance, if not validating his opinion) is the technical reality that the capabilities of the network permit the centralized aggregation of multiple identities. One of the strongest sentiments that I have seen reacting against complaints of Facebook’s changes is that users should never publish anything on the internet that they wouldn’t want to be made public. We have known for years that privacy is something of an illusion on the internet, and with the rise of big data analytics, even the notion of ‘privacy through obscurity’ is becoming quaint. [...] [...] Looming over this conversation (and supporting Zuckerberg’s stance, if not validating his opinion) is the technical reality that the capabilities of the network permit the centralized aggregation of multiple identities. One of the strongest sentiments that I have seen reacting against complaints of Facebook’s changes is that users should never publish anything on the internet that they wouldn’t want to be made public. We have known for years that privacy is something of an illusion on the internet, and with the rise of big data analytics, even the notion of ‘privacy through obscurity’ is becoming quaint. [...]

]]> By: Barfo Rama http://www.dbms2.com/2010/04/04/the-retention-of-everything/#comment-164903 Barfo Rama Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:50:12 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=1833#comment-164903 If I were a kid these days, I'd probably want control of the dumbass things I've posted, when I get older. "This will go on your permanent record" was a joke at one time, now it is a post-Orwellian threat. If I were a kid these days, I’d probably want control of the dumbass things I’ve posted, when I get older.

“This will go on your permanent record” was a joke at one time, now it is a post-Orwellian threat.

]]> By: Data-based snooping — a huge threat to liberty that we’re all helping make worse | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services http://www.dbms2.com/2010/04/04/the-retention-of-everything/#comment-164785 Data-based snooping — a huge threat to liberty that we’re all helping make worse | DBMS2 -- DataBase Management System Services Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:58:59 +0000 http://www.dbms2.com/?p=1833#comment-164785 [...] More on data retention [...] [...] More on data retention [...]

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