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Another reason privacy is becoming a commodity. Eventually only the rich will be able to live a "private life" while everyone else can't afford it.
by sdan 7y ago
Another reason privacy is becoming a commodity.
Eventually only the rich will be able to live a "private life" while everyone else can't afford it.
- ekianjo 7y agoThats not what commodity means. What you describe is privacy being a luxury.
- aesh2Xa1 7y ago"Commodity" seems right. "Luxury" carries another sense that I think is fitting, too. - Something useful that can be turned to commercial or other advantage. - Advantage; benefit
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoSurely personal data is the commodity turned to commercial advantage? Personal privacy, or lack of is the symptom or consequence. Privacy is a luxury for those able to opt out, usually via wealth.
- gyuserbti 7y agoI think they meant "commodity" in the general sense of "something you have to pay for" or "something subject to market pricing" as opposed to something always assumed.
- sdan 7y agoWhat I mean by "commodity" is: Suppose you want privacy: You need to buy your way through to get it Suppose you want something for free: You need to sell your privacy for it Although your point is right; maybe "luxury" is a better term.
- barbs 7y agoHas privacy become a privilege?
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoI appreciate that it's fashionable to pick on the "rich", but it's not the poor who are having their private lives splashed all over the media 24/7.
- maxaf 7y agoWhat the media can dig up is usually some small proportion of the real story, assuming that what they have is true to begin with.
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