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Renegade:
Many people are not ready to understand the complications of such concentration of data at this point.
-kartal (April 10, 2010, 07:07 PM)
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I don't think that there is anyone at the moment that really understands the implications. (Do you mean complications or implications?) I can imagine quite a bit, but really, it's a massively complex issue and the ramifications are extreme.



In this modern day and age, privacy is an illusion. The only real privacy you have is in your mind (and only as long as you keep your thoughts in there and don't let them out)
-app103 (April 11, 2010, 01:26 AM)
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I think that even that is disappearing. Literally. What is in your head is slowly being exposed and will over time become clearer and easier to access. You only need to look into advertising to see where that is being done or how it is being done at a basic level right now.



As I said in previous posts, the issues surrounding these topics have dire consequences and very very complicated power issues in the upcoming years and centuries, not just for individuals but also for societies, cultures, languages, philosophy, art, literature, animals and the nature. This is a big ethical fog that is surrounding people minds.
-kartal (April 11, 2010, 01:29 PM)
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+1 for that.

I think that we're seeing the end of privacy, and with that, the end of freedom. I do not have any faith in it not being exploited in diabolical ways. Sigh...

parkint:
I think that we're seeing the end of privacy, and with that, the end of freedom. I do not have any faith in it not being exploited in diabolical ways. Sigh...
-Renegade (May 30, 2010, 07:04 PM)
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I don't believe Privacy and Freedom are synonymous.

downloder:
Two shows come to mind about our privacy. I cannot find the original show/video, but below is info RE the Google show and another good show about our so called privacy.

CNBC Originals: Inside the Mind of Google
Season 2 : Ep. 5 (43:22)
Air date: 12/03/2009
Get a rare look at the company that hundreds of millions of people touch every day. Reported by Maria Bartiromo.

Near to the end of the Original show, the interviewer asked what they did with all the data they collect and store. Their answer was that they sell it to large corporations for "market research". To allow companies to focus on who likes what, who goes where, etc.

This show was scary.......
CNBC Originals: Big Brother, Big Business
Season 1 : Ep. 4 (1:29:19)
Air date: 11/01/2006  

This Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Documentary examines the big business of the technologies that allow companies to monitor our every move and record our private personal info.

downloder:
After searching a bit further I found these links. 

http://www.hulu.com/cnbc-originals

http://mashdata.blogspot.com/2010/04/inside-mind-of-google.html

A new Google app.   Can anyone else see the possibilities of privacy invasion?
http://vodpod.com/watch/2652037-augmented-reality-and-visual-search

Josh:
Am I the only one who is growing sick of conspiracy theorists who think Google is simply out to be big brother? Do I really care that they know my IP ADDRESS did a search on "big donkey pillows" or "Hairy banana chips"? Is it really "hurting my privacy"? All I see with the google critics is hear-say without any real evidence to back up the claims. Does Google sell information they collect? Sure, they make their money from advertisers. Do they collect and store data to be used by some higher powered big brother to spy on users? Doubtful.

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