No ones to steal our privacy, precious. Gollum! Gollum!
The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines privacy as: 1. a : the quality or state of being apart from company or observation : seclusion b : freedom from unauthorized intrusion <one's right to privacy> 2. archaic : a place of seclusion 3. a : secrecy b : a private matter : secret
In today's world, in order to prevent anyone
besides your friends and family from knowing anything about you, you need to
huddle in a cave completely disconnected from the world. No phone, no internet,
no cable. You can't even shop for your food because they keep track of that now
too, offering you discounts on goods and services if you sign up for their card
accounts.
What
I want to know is, why everyone is in an uproar all of a sudden, over the
information that companies have, that we
have been willingly giving away for centuries. In order to buy anything, a
minimum requirement has been money to buy the goods and a location for
delivery. As our world expanded and our population grew so did the requirements
of information needed to supply our demand for stuff. The more our technology improved so too did
the ways and means of corporations and governments ability to glean more
precise information on any individual.
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So
what? I want my online shopping places to act like my own personal shopper. I
don't want to have to keep entering in my order information every time I buy
something. It would be great if they have my correct shipping address to send
me my stuff. They don't know how many times I get up at night to use the
restroom (I'm not telling you either), how often I have sex (yep, you don't get
to know that one, either) or why I prefer eggs over cereal in the mornings. You
know what? I don't think they really care about that stuff anyway.
