Comments on: What do you know… http://www.jnjbtw.com/2007/12/what-do-you-know/ Our People and Perspectives Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:15:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Adriana http://www.jnjbtw.com/2007/12/what-do-you-know/comment-page-1/#comment-668 Adriana Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:55:11 +0000 http://jnjbtw.com/?p=184#comment-668 I see an entirely different trend. The next generation has a different notion of privacy and in many respects more privacy aware. They consider things like advertising and marketing more intrusive, unlike the 'digital immigrants' who see it as necessarily evil or just part of the landscape. The issue is that information that is considered private now may not be so to the students. But that doesn't mean they don't care about privacy. It remains to be seen what happens once people have a real option to protect their privacy, at the moment, their data belongs to someone else, if not by virtue of law, then by virtue of possession and storage. I see an entirely different trend. The next generation has a different notion of privacy and in many respects more privacy aware. They consider things like advertising and marketing more intrusive, unlike the ‘digital immigrants’ who see it as necessarily evil or just part of the landscape.

The issue is that information that is considered private now may not be so to the students. But that doesn’t mean they don’t care about privacy. It remains to be seen what happens once people have a real option to protect their privacy, at the moment, their data belongs to someone else, if not by virtue of law, then by virtue of possession and storage.

]]> By: Marc http://www.jnjbtw.com/2007/12/what-do-you-know/comment-page-1/#comment-574 Marc Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:19:44 +0000 http://jnjbtw.com/?p=184#comment-574 Agreed. Talking to some friends of mine in academia, I've heard about students who are willing to share personal information to marketers and other organizations without any regard to how it will be used, often in exchange for a slice of pizza. Agreed. Talking to some friends of mine in academia, I’ve heard about students who are willing to share personal information to marketers and other organizations without any regard to how it will be used, often in exchange for a slice of pizza.

]]> By: Antoine Clarke http://www.jnjbtw.com/2007/12/what-do-you-know/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Antoine Clarke Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:14:14 +0000 http://jnjbtw.com/?p=184#comment-563 OK. You want the frightening bit? The assumption of privacy is becoming so eroded that within a few years (maybe months) a lot of people won't mind sharing private information online they wouldn't dream of allowing their physicians to share with the government, insurers or other businesses. Not that I'm in favor of this trend, mind you. Big Brother is a TV show, not a political entity. OK. You want the frightening bit? The assumption of privacy is becoming so eroded that within a few years (maybe months) a lot of people won’t mind sharing private information online they wouldn’t dream of allowing their physicians to share with the government, insurers or other businesses.

Not that I’m in favor of this trend, mind you. Big Brother is a TV show, not a political entity.

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