Privacy is a curious thing, especially
those who do not have it - the rich
and the famous - desire it.
Those who have it - the poor and the
nameless - do not value it. They would
like to get rid of it if they can become
rich and famous.
Is it possible that some goals in Maslow's
hierarchy of
Not all people or cultures would agree that fame and lack of privacy =
lack of safety.
On Jul 14, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Jochen Fromm wrote:
Privacy is a curious thing, especially
those who do not have it - the rich
and the famous - desire it.
Those who have it - the poor and the
nameless - do
+ is an existential threat for them. Although there
are still privacy concerns, I think Google+ is the lesser evil.
-J.
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From: Owen Densmore
To: Complexity Coffee Group
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 3:02 AM
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Creating a Network Like Facebook,Only Private
To: Complexity Coffee Group
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 3:02 AM
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Creating a Network Like Facebook,Only Private -
NYTimes.com
Whoa! Here's the rest of the Kickstart story: http://goo.gl/PGkM
They asked for 10K$. How much did they come up with? $200K$! Wow does the
world
Agreed. I've read that in Japan, a crowded country with little actual
privacy, there is an ethic of don't look. It seems to me that true
privacy is gone, but maintaining the illusion of privacy is nice,
which I take to be the Japanese practice.
Bruce
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Owen
Unfortunately, that's all about to change. See Banks Find Way To Sell
Consumers Shopping
Datahttp://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/11/233227/Banks-Find-Way-To-Sell-Consumers-Shopping-Data
on
Slashdot
—R
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Owen Densmore o...@backspaces.net wrote:
snip I'm less
With the diaspora from Facebook to G+, comes this interesting story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/nyregion/12about.html
.. basically a group of hackers built a great alternative from Kickstarter.
-- Owen
FRIAM
Whoa! Here's the rest of the Kickstart story: http://goo.gl/PGkM
They asked for 10K$. How much did they come up with? $200K$! Wow does the
world hate FB's privacy policy!
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Owen Densmore o...@backspaces.net wrote:
With the diaspora from Facebook to G+, comes
A great example of creative action; intentional and potent.
So those who sign up have self-selected to be in a group of folks
wanting specific things from their social networks, rather than those
wanting- or tolerating - the wider, scattershot approach of FB etc...
Our interests are much
