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by metalliqaz
3058 days ago
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The aggregation of data is extensive and the ubiquity of the net means the data covers nearly every aspect of your life. Such information can be misused in many ways. Unfortunately, those misuses don't really become clear until the data set is already built, so there is no way to undo it. Even if Facebook or Google don't exploit the data themselves, the data could be stolen by criminals or seized by the government. Are there personal things in your past you don't want your insurance company to know about? How about your employer? Or the IRS? Even your spouse? What if someone showed up one day and threatened to your your secrets unless you pay up? Is that worth the price free access to your high-school friends' duckface selfies? |
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Once tabloid journalists start trying to infer embarrassing things about politicians based on metadata we'll probably have some progress.