http://thedepartedonline.com/deathtobunnies/2010/02/the-anonymity-of-internet/ I love them, really. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:16:07 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://thedepartedonline.com/deathtobunnies/2010/02/the-anonymity-of-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-832 sac Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:16:07 +0000 http://thedepartedonline.com/deathtobunnies/?p=433#comment-832 Well the products you mention are not really free. The cost is your privacy. When people sign up for a web based service like gmail. The Privacy policy at that time is like the price they agree to pay for the service. (I agreed to let google use my data to show me advertisements in exchange for gmail service) When companies change the privacy policy or even the settings after someone signs up that is similar to them hiking the price retroactively. (How would you like if Dell decided to up the price of the laptop you bought and they sent you a bill for the difference or even better just charged your bank account) That is what the issue is with the BUZZ deal or the Facebook settings thing. Things that diminish your privacy in exchange for something useful should always be opt in. Well the products you mention are not really free. The cost is your privacy. When people sign up for a web based service like gmail. The Privacy policy at that time is like the price they agree to pay for the service. (I agreed to let google use my data to show me advertisements in exchange for gmail service)
When companies change the privacy policy or even the settings after someone signs up that is similar to them hiking the price retroactively. (How would you like if Dell decided to up the price of the laptop you bought and they sent you a bill for the difference or even better just charged your bank account)
That is what the issue is with the BUZZ deal or the Facebook settings thing.
Things that diminish your privacy in exchange for something useful should always be opt in.

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