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> What Would You Pay to Keep Your Digital Footprint 100% Private? The form of the question belies the real problem with our current laws around digital data an
by jack6e 9y ago
> What Would You Pay to Keep Your Digital Footprint 100% Private?
The form of the question belies the real problem with our current laws around digital data and privacy: the assumption that digital privacy is not a right and thus requires extra payment to maintain.
The question should be: what would you charge a company to access X% of your digital footprint?
- cyberpunk0 9y agoWelcome to capitalism. If it has a name it has a dollar sign. If it can be sold it will result in a race to the bottom until everything is exploited and sucked dry
- maxsavin 9y agoIn the US, we pay our rights: taxes.
- TheCoelacanth 9y agoThanks for helpfully demonstrating that no one reads past the headline. The article barely even hints at the idea that you should be paying in the literal sense for privacy. It is focused entirely on what seemingly useful things are currently enabled by giving companies that engage in Internet tracking free rein with user's data. According to the author, the "price" you will have to pay for privacy is: > 1. No more free services. > 2. No more personalization. > 3. No more instant gratification.