On 15 January 2014 18:43, <[email protected]> wrote: > > The main issue imho appears to be, how granulated any big data regarding > humans is allowed to remain. That is, big data with individual names, or > phone numbers is very granulated. It allows an individual identification. > And perhaps, as Bernard notes, incorrect conclusions regarding such folk, > hence as Jan notes, unfair and incorrect, NSA no-fly list conditions. It > will lead to unfair personal & group discrimination in all sorts of ways. > > Big data is *not* inherently bad in and of itself. It all depends on how > secure and private those big data records are stored and handled, and if > that big data is de-personalized. And finally how much respect generally > is shown for the individual human statistics/datum that is the big data. >
It is an investment looking for a return. It is a magical word covering all kinds of data collection. Climate data and personal health data are not the same thing but now there is a term which paints them the same colour. It just looks like we are selecting for dependence on mass investment in data harvesting. _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
