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Comments on: Does Privacy Matter Anymore? http://www.wynnewilliams.com/does-privacy-matter-anymore/ thoughts, observations, and commentary from an entrepreneur / CEO / husband / dad / consumer / producer / fan / advisor / participant Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:01:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Brian Wynne Williams http://www.wynnewilliams.com/does-privacy-matter-anymore/#comment-21 Brian Wynne Williams Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:57:18 +0000 http://www.wynnewilliams.com/does-privacy-matter-anymore/#comment-21 Thanks for the thoughtful comment. I think the circumstances that will lead to a lack of control will be largely self-inflicted. There are lots of benefits to tracking, sharing, and analyzing all kinds of data about what we do. I'm not overly concerned about abuse of such data, but once it's all being collected it just seems like abuse will be too tempting for some people. Example: if cost weren't an issue, would I put some kind of tracking device on my kids? If I didn't and they were lost, I wouldn't be able to live with myself. But if I did and I could check an app on my mobile phone that would show me their exact location at all times -- is that a good thing? I don't think so. In terms of their expectations, I do think that kids growing up now will be less generally sensitive to some degree of "publicity" and possibly aspects of their life being more public, but I think human nature has some desire for privacy hard-wired, regardless of what technology makes possible. So, I don't think they'll be all that different after all. Thanks for the thoughtful comment.

I think the circumstances that will lead to a lack of control will be largely self-inflicted. There are lots of benefits to tracking, sharing, and analyzing all kinds of data about what we do. I’m not overly concerned about abuse of such data, but once it’s all being collected it just seems like abuse will be too tempting for some people.

Example: if cost weren’t an issue, would I put some kind of tracking device on my kids? If I didn’t and they were lost, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself. But if I did and I could check an app on my mobile phone that would show me their exact location at all times — is that a good thing? I don’t think so.

In terms of their expectations, I do think that kids growing up now will be less generally sensitive to some degree of “publicity” and possibly aspects of their life being more public, but I think human nature has some desire for privacy hard-wired, regardless of what technology makes possible. So, I don’t think they’ll be all that different after all.

]]> By: Emily http://www.wynnewilliams.com/does-privacy-matter-anymore/#comment-20 Emily Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:13:20 +0000 http://www.wynnewilliams.com/does-privacy-matter-anymore/#comment-20 <p>Brian, interesting post on privacy. When I lived in a very rural place, people in the community would comment, “saw you were working late last night,” or “what were buying at Piggly Wiggly on Saturday?” or “who was visiting you from Florida this weekend?” That, to me, was a real (and uncomfortable) loss in privacy. I didn’t know when people knew what I was doing and I didn’t have much control over it. I was “exposed” just because my car, home, and place of employment were public knowledge. What you are doing when you tweet and blog seems very different because of how proactively you are sharing the information with the audience. Are you <a href="http://lifestreamblog.com/define/" rel="nofollow">lifestreaming</a>? Like you said, it’s interesting how eager some people are to bring the minute-to-minute coverage upon themselves. And I agree, privacy is going to be a big issue in the near future, but I don’t think we’re there yet. What do you think will be the technology or circumstance that will take us from the kind of self-exposure (or even reputation building) you’re engaged in to the more frightening kind of exposure that we can’t control? And do you think your kids’ generation will have an expectation of privacy the way we do? I think about all these kids whose lives are so thoroughly documented on mommy blogs… will they accept such public knowledge as normal, or will it just embarrass the heck out of them?</p> Brian, interesting post on privacy. When I lived in a very rural place, people in the community would comment, “saw you were working late last night,” or “what were buying at Piggly Wiggly on Saturday?” or “who was visiting you from Florida this weekend?” That, to me, was a real (and uncomfortable) loss in privacy. I didn’t know when people knew what I was doing and I didn’t have much control over it. I was “exposed” just because my car, home, and place of employment were public knowledge. What you are doing when you tweet and blog seems very different because of how proactively you are sharing the information with the audience. Are you lifestreaming? Like you said, it’s interesting how eager some people are to bring the minute-to-minute coverage upon themselves. And I agree, privacy is going to be a big issue in the near future, but I don’t think we’re there yet. What do you think will be the technology or circumstance that will take us from the kind of self-exposure (or even reputation building) you’re engaged in to the more frightening kind of exposure that we can’t control? And do you think your kids’ generation will have an expectation of privacy the way we do? I think about all these kids whose lives are so thoroughly documented on mommy blogs… will they accept such public knowledge as normal, or will it just embarrass the heck out of them?

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