The document discusses the relationship between increasing amounts of data collection and decreasing privacy. It notes that more data allows for more complex algorithms and machine learning but also provides more metadata about individuals. This reduced privacy could mean less choice, diversity, and freedom for people. Potential solutions discussed include legal/regulatory approaches, technical tools like ad blockers, social or self-imposed limits on internet use, but each has limitations. There is a lack of "privacy by design" in many systems and tools. The document raises questions about whether privacy issues are concerning enough to businesses to motivate meaningful changes.
2. MORE DATA IS LESS PRIVACY
•MORE CAPACITY TO RUN COMPLEX ALGORITHM & MACHINE LEARNING
•MORE DATA IS MORE META-DATA, HENCE MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHO WE ARE
•MORE DATA IS SIMPLY MORE CROSSING POINTS, MORE OCCASIONS TO BE SPOTTED
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3. LESS PRIVACY MAY MEAN …
•… LESS CHOICE ( PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS TO ANTICIPATE OUR OWN NEEDS)
•… LESS DIVERSITY ( GIVE UP OUTLIERS FOR MAIN TRENDS & SOON TO BE STRONG SIGNALS )
•… LESS FREEDOM ( PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLES, AND EVEN TOTALITARIANISM )
•… LESS SOMETHING ANYWAY ( MY PRIVATE SPHERE BELONGS TO ME, THAT’S ALL FOLKS! )
4. POTENTIAL ANSWERS
•LEGAL ANSWERS ( LAWS & REGULATIONS ) ONLY A SHORT-TERM DAM
•TECHNICAL ANSWERS ( AD BLOCKERS & PRIVACY BADGERS ) RUNNING AFTER THE TREND
•SOCIAL ANSWERS ( REASONED INTERNET USE & REGULAR RESETS ) WISE BUT HARD
•ANY OTHER IDEA ??
5. SHORT WRAP-UP
• ONLY A DOZEN CAMPERS IN THE ROOM QUESTIONS THE INTEREST IN PRIVACY MATTERS ( MAYBE
NOBODY CARES, AS INVESTIGATING DATA PRIVACY MAY ENDANGER BUSINESS ? )
• REASONABLE USE DOES NOT WORK LONG TERM SOCIAL AND BROWSING CANNOT REMAIN
ANONYMOUS FOR LONG, AS TOO FEW TOOLS HAVE “PRIVACY BY DESIGN”
• THE COOKIE ISSUE IS BACK WAS A HOT TOPIC IN 2014 (EU LAWS), BUT SLOW ADOPTION IN EU
COUNTRIES AND MISLEADING ON-SITE INFORMATION PREVENTS PROPER USER ADMINISTRATION OF
PRIVACY SETTINGS ( A PROBLEM, AS THE INTERNET CURRENTLY HAS NO OTHER BUSINESS MODEL )
• NO LAW OR REGULATION WILL EVER MAKE US SAFE THE “PRIVACY PROMISE” SOUNDS A GOOD
SOLUTION, AND MAYBE THE ONLY ONE, STILL IS BASED ON GOODWILL
6. A FEW RESOURCES & LINKS
• IS PRIVACY REALLY SO IMPORTANT ? Why privacy is important ( James Rachels - Princeton University Press - 1975 )
Why You Should Care About and Defend Your Privacy (LifeHacker )
Online data collection: 6 musings from a privacy advocate( Aurélie Pols )
Terrorism, the Internet, and Google ( Lauren Weinstein )
Edward Snowden Wins ‘Debate’ With NSA Lawyer ( GilPress )
• ANONYMOUS ON SOCIAL NETWORKS ? Has this man unlocked the secret to Internet Anonymity ? (FastCompany )
• COOKIE DISCUSSION ( MEASURECAMP IV ) Analytics without cookies: my follow-up to MeasureCampIV ( Data Elicitation )
• THE “PRIVACY PROMISE” Privacy Promise definition ( eTrust.org )
The Promise of Privacy ( Forbes Insights )