tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post5934858337307561209..comments2023-08-22T05:06:48.916-07:00Comments on JR Snyder Jr: Your Privacy Is Long GoneJR Snyder Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09825473115986190389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post-42403151356267426902011-06-11T12:04:25.251-07:002011-06-11T12:04:25.251-07:00I'm glad you deleted your Facebook account. Zu...I'm glad you deleted your Facebook account. Zuckerberg is a strange and unscrupulous guy I think. He's of a generation that thinks nothing of putting everything out there without considering the consequences and he's also the type of guy to exploit. The facial recognition technology they're using goes even further than I thought he would go. I think he really believes he's building a new kind of "nation" which makes him even weirder.<br /><br />Now LinkedIn has gone public, far away from the "invitation only" professional site when I was invited years ago. I didn't mind them opening it up but I could see as Facebook was growing bigger how LinkedIn was becoming less professional and business and the business people were becoming more techie and transitioning it to a social site. I need to think about it, although I have to also consider one of my revenue streams is web based, so it may not be an option.<br /><br />Whether there is an inherent right to privacy in the US Constitution has been debated as long as I can remember. My thought has always been to take control of what you can and also know the consequences of what you're doing. I certainly did before I went on YouTube in 2006 and created a new name based account in early 2007. Same with Blogger and creating an account. I am surprise how many people think anything said out loud in public can be private.<br /><br />What a great statement "Until they truly know us all they don't really know anything." I think that will be what ends up being our salvation in the end along with data implosion and people revolting against information overload.<br /><br />Thanks for reading, commenting and the great input!JR Snyder Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825473115986190389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post-87651660131668090972011-06-10T21:55:25.619-07:002011-06-10T21:55:25.619-07:00This is a great post, and it has led me to delete ...This is a great post, and it has led me to delete my own Facebook account, not because I had anything on there that might be "incriminating" but because I never use it, don't foresee using it in the future, and frankly can't stand what I know of the guy who founded the company. I've never really understood the value of Facebook; I joined it because a cousin of mine was on it and it seemed a good way to talk with her. Of course if we were meant to be talking regularly we'd probably call each other or e-mail or visit or something...so I guess I DO understand the value of Facebook: putting more personal information out there under the pretense of contact with people you care about. That probably casts me as a jerk, but honestly it's the only reason I was on there. It's not a good reason, and I dumped Facebook tonight (and will not be "checking in" on my account status).<br /><br />I think privacy is an interesting concept; it seems like a very deeply-held right sometimes, while at other times it seems plausible to give that right away. I am on Youtube, Blogger, and am developing a website, all of which give not only the "hosts" plenty of information about me but also give a lot of info to anyone who happens to stumble upon them and care enough to look. I don't consider that an invasion of privacy at all. The information I put there is given of my own volition. I accept the consequences of that as part of the deal. I know that people know more about me than they would have known otherwise, but to a great extent that's the point. No one ever posted a YT video or a blog hoping NO ONE watched it. I don't think anyone ever did, anyway. I could be wrong. :)<br /><br />I think it's great that you started this with your work in the early '70s because it shows you that things really haven't been "private" for quite a while, if they ever were. Different scales and methods, sure, but it's been a long time since anyone who said anything among company (or on a telephone, or on the internet) could possibly believe communication was a device to protect privacy.<br /><br />You're right about the information overload; I remember shuddering a bit when I "understood" the concept of cloud computing but now I welcome it. Information is only as good as its source, and that information and a dime will eventually...hey, I had to drop a phone reference in there. And a 1970s (or early 80s) one to boot.<br /><br />This has gone on and on, but your post made it happen. Thank you for posting it, JR.<br /><br />I leave you with this thought, which may be nuts but is going through my mind as re:Facebook, homeland security, etc.: Until they truly know us all they don't really know anything.<br /><br />Thanks again, sir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com