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By: Mike M

Mike M — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:48:41 +0000

I think this essay might prove interesting:
http://www.bostonreview.net/BR35.3/morozov.php

By: ohwilleke

ohwilleke — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:48:41 +0000

With “Privacy as a bourgeois privilege” don’t you have it exactly backwards?

There has always been ample and well organized gossip about those at the top (for need to know reasons) and those at the top have historically lived their lives view of their subordinates. What is new is that gossip about those at the bottom, the proles, is now much more widely available.

By: Charles Iliya Krempeaux

Charles Iliya Krempeaux — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:49:11 +0000

@Razib said,
“If you have left your Facebook friends list open then they can quickly see what sort of people you associate with.”

A strategy against this is that you could add thousands and thousands of people, as Facebook friends, that you don’t really know, to add “noise” to the “signal”. If you play any Facebook games, then getting thousands and thousands of Facebook friends isn’t difficult.

Of course, there’s ways of figuring out (some of) a person’s real associations. Ex: watch who they talk to and live near. (You’ll at least get the some of the person’s loose real-life associations from that. I.e., get some friends of friends.) But adding “noise” can make things more difficult than people just browsing your friend list.

By: Amos Zeeberg (Discover Web Editor)

Amos Zeeberg (Discover Web Editor) — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:07:54 +0000

Big Blogger is watching me!

By: Magoonski

Magoonski — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:42:58 +0000

I think after this generation has passed there will actually be an improvement in human behavior because of all the transparency we now have. At the moment, the majority of people are not “reaping what they sow” but as more people become tech savvy and more sites require people to be accountable when they post (such as using a real name or Facebook sign-in), then things that are said on the net will become an even bigger part of real life.
Imagine someday in the future when parents actually have to control their child’s behavior because they saw a television special about how kids who bullied over Facebook become as unemployable as a convict, or politicians who end up outing themselves simply because it’s only a matter of time before people find out.
Given enough time, everyone will be scrutinized and that will make us all more honest (or at least better at hiding).

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