Comments on: MIT students prove that privacy is a thing of the past http://akahele.org/2009/09/mit-students-prove-that-privcay-is-a-think-of-the-past/ Cautious web criticism Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:36:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gregory Kohs http://akahele.org/2009/09/mit-students-prove-that-privcay-is-a-think-of-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-2142 Gregory Kohs Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:55:24 +0000 http://akahele.org/?p=1149#comment-2142 I note that "the work has not been published in a scientific journal". It's certainly interesting, but I wouldn't draw too much from the conclusions that were "based on their own knowledge outside the Facebook world". I think we're getting to the point where there are two types of people in the world: * Those who have a Facebook profile and therefore value self-expression over privacy issues. * Those who don't have a Facebook profile. Interesting times we live in. Thanks for this memo, Paul! I note that “the work has not been published in a scientific journal”. It’s certainly interesting, but I wouldn’t draw too much from the conclusions that were “based on their own knowledge outside the Facebook world”.

I think we’re getting to the point where there are two types of people in the world:

* Those who have a Facebook profile and therefore value self-expression over privacy issues.

* Those who don’t have a Facebook profile.

Interesting times we live in. Thanks for this memo, Paul!

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