What I am about to say is NOT a new idea. This is a quote from 1999.
You already have zero privacy. Get over it. - Scott G. McNealy CEO of Sun Microsystems Inc.
Many of my Facebook pals have recently sent a message asking me to do a keystroke-and-click dance to “keep their private posts private.” I just laugh. I do as they ask, but I know it is futile. Better to accept and understand that whatever is in the air is in the public air.
If you write it, speak it; or do it within range of another person, his camera, or microphone; it’s public.
How many people do you know whose cell phones are camera-less? Right.
How many apps do you use that involve some component of the thing knowing your location? Um-hmm.
Ever check out your neighborhood on (even the lowly) Mapquest’s aerial view?
See what I mean?
For any action or thought expressed outside our own imaginations, privacy is an illusion. Let’s just accept that and act accordingly. Who knows, it might make us behave better.
Better behavior in this world is a welcome sight!
Paula, remember the sign “Be Nice or go Home” that we saw in the Lancaster restaurant? I know where to get one.