tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558636046189251768.post4090668953652320996..comments2023-11-07T08:29:35.743+00:00Comments on The Symbiotic Web blog: Why make privacy complicated?Paul Bernalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04328860700793073068noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558636046189251768.post-16455558966982903982010-05-24T11:07:34.553+01:002010-05-24T11:07:34.553+01:00UPDATE - Facebook do at least seem to be saying th...UPDATE - Facebook do at least seem to be saying they're doing something about this:<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10145863.stmPaul Bernalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04328860700793073068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558636046189251768.post-23944260146394429372010-05-24T11:04:27.374+01:002010-05-24T11:04:27.374+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Paul Bernalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04328860700793073068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558636046189251768.post-3882597041346158572010-05-22T22:22:30.451+01:002010-05-22T22:22:30.451+01:00It will be interesting to see how and whether peop...It will be interesting to see how and whether people in the 'Facebook generation' end up being more or less 'savvy' about privacy, and end up caring more or less about privacy in the end. It could go either way - in some senses I'm sure Zuckerberg is right, people do seem to be more willing to share things with their 'friends' than they used to. In other senses, though, people seem to be learning that they can wield power against the powerful - indeed, that Facebook itself allows them to do so. They've forced Facebook to backtrack more than once. They could do again.<br /><br />It's interesting, too, that we now have a government that openly boasts about being 'privacy friendly'. The fact that they think such a stance could be popular is quite a statement in itself.Paul Bernalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04328860700793073068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558636046189251768.post-2154678095942981922010-05-22T20:24:56.886+01:002010-05-22T20:24:56.886+01:00I tend not to subscribe to conspiracy theories, bu...I tend not to subscribe to conspiracy theories, but I do suspect that you are spot on here. Zuckerberg has made quite plain that he believes that people will one day be happy with much more transparent lines between them and the outside world, and by 'suggesting' new privacy settings under the guise of new privacy features I suspect he is indeed trying to trick his users into becoming more transparent and therefore more valuable to his real sources of capital. You are right to argue that the Facebook generation tends to undervalue all but their most sensitive their personal data -- but with Facebook wielding such power atop its hidden ideology, what chance does Joe Public have?Richard Hanstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507043297727846842noreply@blogger.com