Friday, May 2, 2014

Janet Vertesi: "My Experiment Opting Out of Big Data Made Me Look Like a Criminal"

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Many people say that the solution to this discomforting level of personal data collection is simple: if you don’t like it, just opt out. But as my experience shows, it’s not as simple as that. And it may leave you feeling like a criminal.
I wonder if it is even possible to start rolling some of this stuff back.

The internet is taking over people's lives.  We aren't being served, we are in service to it.  Who's the boss?  The computer or us?

Computers should be something that you use to improve your life.  Not to degrade it.

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