Posted on 05/16/2008 5:19:09 AM PDT by HangnJudge
...Kopelman presented a scenario for the rise of the "implicit" Internet. I'm simplifying, but he was referring to the vast web of personal data that until now has existed relatively undisturbed in different corners of the data world. For example, you may have made a reservation over the Internet one day, or bought a book from an online reseller on another. But that that data is going to get collected from heretofore separate "silos" as companies that figure out ways to break through the barriers and deliver information based on that implicit cyber data.
That shouldn't strike anybody as a pipe dream. It's already happening in small ways and it's an idea that VCs will be in a hurry to fund. Some, though perhaps not all. Roger McNamee, who also participated in the panel, pointed out the obvious elephant in the room. Not only might Facebook know what I'm doing, he said, "but the Chinese government also knows." True enough. And not just the Chinese. Any government
That is the very first thing the occupying forces will secure; any posts on FR or DU. Then they know a lot about you, citizen.
poorly written....
this guy assumes to much.
I will wait for the translation into english.
One of the basic rules of journalism is to define an abbreviation the first time you use it.
What the heck is a "VC"?
Viet Cong?
Is this Part Two of a series? I read the whole article, but it makes no sense to me.
On a related note, I’m amazed at all those who use a pure webmail system like Google’s gmail for most of their email. Personally, I have huge privacy concerns.
VC in this context means Venture Capitalist. The guys that fund all those Internet start-ups in the early stages.
Charlie don’t invest!
“So.... All my posting on FR will be aggregated together by a future Entity and used for whatever purposes they wish...”
Actually, they already are.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=+site:freerepublic.info+HangnJudge+%22Free+Republic%22
All your postings are belong to us!
VC - Viet Cong.... that’s what I thought.. just so many letters and too many words...sigh..
ping
No Shiite. How stupid is that?!
As Scott McNeally (ex-President of Sun) said:
“You have no privacy - get over it”.
It does get to be a bit interesting at times. I bought a bodice-ripper novel as a Christmas present for some relatives of mine from Amazon and for quite a long time my "suggestions" were, ah, a little outside the envelope of my normal purchases. I wish the gummint analysts luck with that one. My guess is that anyone acting on that data will be sorely disappointed... ;-)
nail on the head bill the drill...
with billions upon billions of such transactions... can it be said the investment of the VC will most likely be a money pit...
just like the global warming models... the actual environment is just too vast to predict.
teeman
LOL
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