"... people of Generation Y and the younger generation seem less concerned about the personal information abundance ..." Could be. I get the impression that "g

"... people of Generation Y and the younger generation seem less concerned about the personal information abundance ..." Could be. I get the impression that "geny"'s (I'm a "genxr" http://flickr.com/photos/bootload/227128232/ http://flickr.com/photos/bootload/227128232/ ) are sort of adapting to posting personal info and are work out strategies to blunt the side effects. It's personal choice to add a blow by blow description of your youth. There are implications for individuals and groups however. To me its about "Power" of who has "Control" of memory. In historical past this was public. Technology that captures "private memories" of useful information that can be "shared or withheld" and abused. The real danger is inference and prediction from the data that leaks, often voluntary into private/public databases through bailment ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailment