Future of Business & Communications: FuturistGerd

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Busted - Know the Code, Protect the Moment. (by lasvegas)

Gerd adds: very interesting video about how the Las Vegas purveyors of ‘fun’ think we should ‘protect the moment’. I like that message, though I am not so sure I like much about Vegas:)

futuresagency: How Money Corrupts - Lawrence Lessig Lectures on… (futureof.biz)

Data is the new Oil: 3 illustrations - which one do you think is best? The theme was coined by Clive Humby at AMA 2006, but I use it a lot in my talks and presentations, see the links here

The b/w piece was done by Sedat Oezgen, the green & cloud piece is by Gerry Alpern, and the people/cloud background was licensed from sevensheaven

Obscurity: A Better Way to Think About Your Data Than 'Privacy' - The Atlantic

Respecting Facebook users’ privacy settings is no small feature, due to the harm that can result when privacy settings are given too little weight in socio-technical design. Thanks to the soothing message and intuitive appeal of the “self-selected insiders” narrative, many reporters are spreading its gospel. Wired and CNN, among others, note Graph doesn’t expose any information that wasn’t already available on Facebook.

(via MediaFuturist: Facebook knows what we SAY but Google knows what we THINK - where does this leave us?)

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Invasion of the Data Snatchers - NYTimes.com *good read

When it comes to privacy, we are all hypocrites. We howl when a newspaper publishes public records about personal behavior. At the same time, we are acquiescing in a much more sweeping erosion of our privacy — government surveillance, corporate data-mining, political microtargeting, hacker invasions — with no comparable outpouring of protest. As a society we have no coherent view of what information is worth defending and how to defend it.

Invasion of the Data Snatchers - NYTimes.com *good read

When it comes to privacy, we are all hypocrites. We howl when a newspaper publishes public records about personal behavior. At the same time, we are acquiescing in a much more sweeping erosion of our privacy — government surveillance, corporate data-mining, political microtargeting, hacker invasions — with no comparable outpouring of protest. As a society we have no coherent view of what information is worth defending and how to defend it.

Q&A with Don Tapscott, author, speaker and adviser on media, technology and innovation | JWT Intelligence

Most people don’t value living publicly—they value the social networks that are increasingly important to day-to-day life. In testimony before a congressional committee, Justin Brookman from the Center for Democracy & Technology outlined the dilemma that citizens confront when they want to participate fully in society yet not live under constant surveillance. He likens the decision to opt out of being part of the data collection as analogous to opting out of electricity 30 years ago. If a person disconnected from the services that collect personal and sensitive data, it would be tantamount to disconnecting from society.

Facebook Is Going To Sell Access To Your Inbox - BuzzFeed Mobile

Facebook, like all businesses, needs to make money. And the most valuable thing it has to sell is your attention. You might not think of your attention as “valuable,” but it is — extremely so. After its IPO, the question of how Facebook is going to make the kind of money it’s expected to became one of the central questions of existence. It’s shown a remarkable knack for pioneering lots of little ways to sell your attention, one shred at a time.

(via On Privacy, Consumers’ Concerns and Actions Diverge - eMarketer)

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Think about it for a minute: Google knows our deepest secrets because we search with INTENTION - and in realtime, and often even in real-place (i.e. when using mobile devices) - for the things that matter to us - whether it is an upcoming trip or a disease that we are suffering from, or vexing problem we may have. Google knows all that stuff, and keeps it in their records (unless we take steps to delete it all… allegedly). Facebook, on the other hand, just knows what we SAY, what we share, what we purport to LIKE. That’s also quite deep but… there is a big difference. Your thoughs? Browse my Privacy to Publicy links to read more (via MediaFuturist: Facebook knows what we SAY but Google knows what we THINK - where does this leave us?)

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Why Google, Not Facebook, Knows Your Darkest Secrets

“Google is no longer organizing the world’s public information; that’s doing an increasingly fine job of organizing itself. Google is keeping the world’s secrets”

Good piece — made me think
Is this a Faustian bargain ??

(via Facebook’s Generation Y nightmare | Technology | guardian.co.uk)

Gerd adds: good read, made me think, not sure I share the pessimism, tho:)

Guardian

(via Location Apps Generate Privacy Concerns, Report Says - NYTimes.com)

Has this changed since then?

The New York Times

The future of banking: biometrics take over cash, payments in fluid economy, personal digital agents

“Cash could be on the way out and it’s realistic to imagine a world in which we carry no notes or coins, or even credit or debit cards,” Mr Dawson said.
Before long we may use our fingerprints or even retina scans to make payments. Australians have shown they are comfortable with biometric identification, because it combines convenience with security”
Gerd adds: I agree with Ross but what about the privacy that cash affords…?

constantly tracking your eye movements to create a map of what you like is a huge step beyond what we currently share with Google and co. They’d know things about us we don’t even know! It would be like letting Google peer through your webcam to work out when your getting bored online and react accordingly, a step too far that no-one would put up with. People won’t be jumping at the chance to pay hundreds of dollars for the privilege of Google sucking unconscious brain data out of their eye-sockets, so there’s no way this one’s gonna happen.

What Privacy Implications Does Google Glass Bring With It?

Gerd adds: I tend to agree: enough is enough. Matrix-like challenges, indeed.