Comments on: How much profiling and privacy do we need? http://www.videntity.de/2007/06/19/how-much-profiling-and-privacy-do-we-need/ because your identity matters Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:50:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Regine http://www.videntity.de/2007/06/19/how-much-profiling-and-privacy-do-we-need/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Regine Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:19:24 +0000 http://www.videntity.de/2007/06/19/how-much-profiling-and-privacy-do-we-need/#comment-4 Some days ago I was stopped by the police because I had no lights on my bike (evil me!). They looked at my passport to state that I'm living just two corners away. Typical statement to build up some pressure and btw: what is the relation of that fact to a bike without lights? It didn't scare me a damn because I'm becoming used to the fact that people may know where I live simply by surfing the net. It's paradox and I can't explain it yet, but it seems that a wide spread of data can increase privacy in decreasing the potential of blackmailing. Another thought I already discussed with a friend studying law: all those traces we leave, they never can serve as an evidence, if need be as a clue or an indication. They might be brought together and in that way increase probability. A fact that can inflict a whole lot of anger, sure. Astonishing that it doesn't work the other way round: you may never use let's say your plazes-account to prove an alibi. So be aware of the greyscales ;-) Some days ago I was stopped by the police because I had no lights on my bike (evil me!). They looked at my passport to state that I’m living just two corners away. Typical statement to build up some pressure and btw: what is the relation of that fact to a bike without lights? It didn’t scare me a damn because I’m becoming used to the fact that people may know where I live simply by surfing the net.
It’s paradox and I can’t explain it yet, but it seems that a wide spread of data can increase privacy in decreasing the potential of blackmailing.
Another thought I already discussed with a friend studying law: all those traces we leave, they never can serve as an evidence, if need be as a clue or an indication. They might be brought together and in that way increase probability. A fact that can inflict a whole lot of anger, sure. Astonishing that it doesn’t work the other way round: you may never use let’s say your plazes-account to prove an alibi.
So be aware of the greyscales ;-)

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