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Re:Vint Cerf: 'Privacy's an accident of the urban revolution' by stephenr on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @07:18AM (#6437174)
hardly fucking surprising.

I don't get why so many seemingly intelligent people think Google/Facebook/LinkedIn/etc's whole approach of "get a heap of users, then mine the shit out of their personal data for profit" is OK.

Re:Vint Cerf: 'Privacy's an accident of the urban revolution' by thedrbrian on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @07:45AM (#6437265)
Because they are blinded by the free.
Re:Vint Cerf: 'Privacy's an accident of the urban revolution' by stephenr on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @07:49AM (#6437283)
what about the businesses that sign up for google apps, PAY FOR IT, and still get ads, and their data treated like a common prostitute to share around with the world?
Re:Vint Cerf: 'Privacy's an accident of the urban revolution' by anxiousest on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @08:05AM (#6437360)
Ads in paid Google Apps are subject to admin control to whether enable them or not. Also technically speaking "prostitution" is a human only trait.
Re:Vint Cerf: 'Privacy's an accident of the urban revolution' by stephenr on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @08:27AM (#6437434)
would it be more accurate if i said their personal information is whored out to the highest bidder?
Re:Vint Cerf: 'Privacy's an accident of the urban revolution' by anxiousest on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @09:22AM (#6437666)
No. For the same grammatical reasons and for the more important fact that they don't sell data or information, they sell ad placement that get populated with relevant ads determined by analysing said data. Advertisers don't buy the data, they aren't exposed to it, they are exposed to dashboards, aggregates, and abstractions, e.g "I want this product advertised to 18-35 year old males" then don't get to personally know their demographic.
Re:Vint Cerf: 'Privacy's an accident of the urban revolution' by stephenr on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @01:14PM (#6439234)
guys in brothels don't get to personally know their whore, they say "i want a red head with big boobs" and pay the cash.

i still say the analogy is apt.