Invasion of the Data Snatchers - NYTimes.com

Excerpt from a timely data privacy reality check

"When it comes to privacy, we are all hypocrites. We howl when a newspaper publishes public records about personal behavior. At the same time, we are acquiescing in a much more sweeping erosion of our privacy — government surveillance, corporate data-mining, political microtargeting, hacker invasions — with no comparable outpouring of protest. As a society we have no coherent view of what information is worth defending and how to defend it."

Invasion of the Data Snatchers - NYTimes.com