Comments on: Privacy RIP – welcome to The Naked 21st Century http://14sandwiches.com/2008/07/04/privacy-rip-welcome-to-the-naked-21st-century/ A technology-media-music party for your brain Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:15:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By:   Let’s pretend we don’t exist - Does it matter if we’re being lied to online? by 14sandwiches http://14sandwiches.com/2008/07/04/privacy-rip-welcome-to-the-naked-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-6169   Let’s pretend we don’t exist - Does it matter if we’re being lied to online? by 14sandwiches Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:24:43 +0000 http://14sandwiches.com/?p=30#comment-6169 [...] another example of what I’ve previously called ‘The Naked 21st Century‘ - the inevitable shift to a totally open, much less private world. If we’re using our [...] [...] another example of what I’ve previously called ‘The Naked 21st Century‘ – the inevitable shift to a totally open, much less private world. If we’re using our [...]

]]> By:   Social Media and Education - avoiding the rabbit holes by 14sandwiches http://14sandwiches.com/2008/07/04/privacy-rip-welcome-to-the-naked-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-129   Social Media and Education - avoiding the rabbit holes by 14sandwiches Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:45:41 +0000 http://14sandwiches.com/?p=30#comment-129 [...] a relatively open kind of person who doesn’t mind sharing a lot of my life (it is The Naked 21st Century after all) I used to keep my whole Facebook profile visible using the default ‘Friends and [...] [...] a relatively open kind of person who doesn’t mind sharing a lot of my life (it is The Naked 21st Century after all) I used to keep my whole Facebook profile visible using the default ‘Friends and [...]

]]> By: MartinSFP http://14sandwiches.com/2008/07/04/privacy-rip-welcome-to-the-naked-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-99 MartinSFP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:24:06 +0000 http://14sandwiches.com/?p=30#comment-99 I'd never thought about Maestro as an evil corporate assault on untraceable transactions but yeah, that's a really good point!<br><br>Having wrapped myself up in technology all my life so far I could totally see myself swinging the other way and dropping 'off grid' if it all becomes too much... I'd never thought about Maestro as an evil corporate assault on untraceable transactions but yeah, that's a really good point!

Having wrapped myself up in technology all my life so far I could totally see myself swinging the other way and dropping 'off grid' if it all becomes too much…

]]> By: Chris http://14sandwiches.com/2008/07/04/privacy-rip-welcome-to-the-naked-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Chris Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:45:20 +0000 http://14sandwiches.com/?p=30#comment-98 Dead on Martin - we've missed the boat in protecting ourselves, just as media businesses have missed the boat in protecting their copyright. We'll all have to learn a new way.<br><br>Another front in this battle is the business establishment's attacks on the cash economy (being essentially anonymous). From the increased prevalence of card-only systems, right down to Maestro's advertising campaign that denigrates cash as a payment medium, the movement is away from an anonymous uncontrolled exchange of value, and towards a controlled (or at least tracked) exchange of invisible wealth, held by an enormous corporation. And as such, it's terrifying. <br><br>One side outcome will probably be a vast increase in the numbers of people who, alienated entirely by the oppressive situation in a few years, will opt out and choose to live off grid. At the moment, it's a rare few who do this. But with black economies on the rise, and with personal technology developing just as fast to misdirect the mainstream 'eyes', it's going to become far more common to meet people who are off grid - and quite tempting to join them. Dead on Martin – we've missed the boat in protecting ourselves, just as media businesses have missed the boat in protecting their copyright. We'll all have to learn a new way.

Another front in this battle is the business establishment's attacks on the cash economy (being essentially anonymous). From the increased prevalence of card-only systems, right down to Maestro's advertising campaign that denigrates cash as a payment medium, the movement is away from an anonymous uncontrolled exchange of value, and towards a controlled (or at least tracked) exchange of invisible wealth, held by an enormous corporation. And as such, it's terrifying.

One side outcome will probably be a vast increase in the numbers of people who, alienated entirely by the oppressive situation in a few years, will opt out and choose to live off grid. At the moment, it's a rare few who do this. But with black economies on the rise, and with personal technology developing just as fast to misdirect the mainstream 'eyes', it's going to become far more common to meet people who are off grid – and quite tempting to join them.

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