Monday, March 03, 2014

Promise and peril in an ultra-connected world - Business - The Boston Globe

The Internet of no privacy

"Jonathan Zittrain, a law professor at Harvard University, said it’s difficult for people to say no when presented with immediate benefits because any potential problems are vague and years away.

‘‘Information seems harmless and trivial at the moment, but can be recorded forever and can be combined with other data,’’ he said. ‘‘I don’t think we’ve come to terms with that yet.’’"
Promise and peril in an ultra-connected world - Business - The Boston Globe

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