a new era of privacy
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A New Era of Privacy
Jonathan Chu
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Today, over 1.1 billion and 500 million users are on Facebook and Twitter respectively.
Flickr: CrschmidtSource: Digital Marketing Ramblings
However, a social network is “nothing until you give it information. Until you willingly populate it, it is nothing.”
Flickr: David BarrieSource: Karen Blumberg, Forbes, How to teach Kids Digital Literacy
Online, teens admit they reveal “stories they wouldn’t tell to anyone.”
Flickr: Kevin ShorterSource: Jones, Huffington Post, Teaching our Kids not to Treat the Internet as a Public Diary
“I like the idea of my voice being heard somewhere where people care.” Anonymous teen
Flickr Charm2010
Source: Jones, Huffington Post, Teaching our Kids not to Treat the Internet as a Public Diary
Unfortunately, companies continue to manipulate the vulnerabilities of adolescence and entice them to disclose “far too personal” information on the web.
Flickr jaynemoo
Source: Jones, Huffington Post, Teaching our Kids not to Treat the Internet as a Public Diary
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With Formspring, some were angry, saying that the questions and answers were private
Source: Hill, Forbes, How to Teach Kids Digital Literacy
Nevertheless, these rich profiles are what we, as marketers, crave.
Flickr: Creole ShaSource: Jones, Huffington Post, Teaching our Kids not to Treat the Internet as a Public Diary
We want to know more about you so we can connect with you and sell you stuff.
Flickr: lyzadangerSource: Jones, Huffington Post, Teaching our Kids not to Treat the Internet as a Public Diary
Flickr: Yutaka Tsutano
Despite this, many U.S. teens say they are addicted to social media and texting and often want to unplug. But they feel positive overall about how social media sites such as Facebook and text messaging have helped them connect with friends and family
Source: Kang, Washington Post, Many Teens Tell Surveys that They’re Addicted to Social Media, Texting
“It’s integrated into everyday event planning, networking, and decision making.”
Flickr: The U.S. National ArchivesSource: Mills, The Star, “Facebook Fatigue” and the Aging Social Network
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The invention of Google Glass opens an entirely new front in the digital war against privacy.
Source: Keen, CNN, Why Life Through Google Glass Should be for Our Eyes Only
For Google, “privacy” means “what you’ve agreed to”.
Flickr: National Library of Australia CommonsSource: Arthur, Guardian News, Google Glass: Is it a Threat to our Privacy?
Flickr: FreedomHouse
It is the sort of radical transformation that may actually end up completely destroying our individual privacy in the digital 21st century.
Source: Keen, CNN, Why Life Through Google Glass Should be for Our Eyes Only
Yet we already live in a world where the boundaries of what’s private and what’s public are melting.Yet we already live in a world where the boundaries of what's private and what's public are melting.
Flickr: San Diego Air and Space Museum ArchivesSource: Arthur, Guardian News, Google Glass: Is it a Threat to our Privacy?
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When we put on these surveillance devices, we all become spies, or scrooglers, of everything and everyone around us.
Source: Keen, CNN, Why Life Through Google Glass Should be for Our Eyes Only
Most of us won’t even know if we are being filmed when gazed at by a bespectacled stranger
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Source: Keen, CNN, Why Life Through Google Glass Should be for Our Eyes Only
Flickr: Mrschureads
This next generation needs to know their privacy rights. They need to fight for them...much more than we are doing today.
Source: Jones, Huffington Post, Teaching our Kids not to Treat the Internet as a Public Diary
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“We need to ask the question, why do you need to know this?”
Source: Jones, Huffington Post, Teaching our Kids not to Treat the Internet as a Public Diary
Flickr: Patrick Hoesly
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