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I am not sure why this creeped me out as much as it did. Maybe the visualisation rate makes it seem like your communication is not as 'private' as you think. O
by neumann 12y ago
I am not sure why this creeped me out as much as it did.
Maybe the visualisation rate makes it seem like your communication is not as 'private' as you think. Or the fact that it highlights all the data that is being collected for something that I consider private and intimate.
- ethanbond 12y agoCollected...? I don't follow. You're using a service that stores (read: collects) your data for you.
- neumann 12y agoOf course. It is not that I wouldn't be aware before signing up (and hence don't), it is that this is such a good visualization to demonstrate that they have stored this information for|on you. Irrationally, I am more comforted by large companies having this type of data on me, under the _wrong_ assumption that I am part of a larger dataset and hence more anonymous. I understand the fallacy of this, especially when considering the additional meta data big players like Google have on their users. Yet somehow this vis creeps me out as I watch that couple messaging long distance between Paris and Sydney. Even if the data is anonymised, details about their private lives are being shared. Then again, I am the nut who never signed up to facebook et al, having rolled out a private communication site amongst friends beforehand.