bit-tech.net | Why Web 2.0 will end your privacy
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- Dravidfan on 2008-08-05 - Tags no_tag
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- Modernmod on 2008-03-23 - Tags Privacy , web2.0
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- Chiefgeek on 2006-12-22 - Tags for:nicklepedde , for:tgecho.com , imported:del.icio.us
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Defining the genre
Let's start by examining what exactly we mean by Web 2.0. It's a buzzword, a catchphrase - a candy-coated way of glossing over a core set of principles and technologies. Most people will take Web 2.0 to mean the rise of bloggers. The growth of social networking. The invention of tags and the contribution of end users to the final product. It means freedom to connect and share with your friends. It means desktop-like applications on the web. Whilst an exact definition escapes even the brightest, this can be taken as a fairly close approximation.
Let's start by examining what exactly we mean by Web 2.0. It's a buzzword, a catchphrase - a candy-coated way of glossing over a core set of principles and technologies. Most people will take Web 2.0 to mean the rise of bloggers. The growth of social networking. The invention of tags and the contribution of end users to the final product. It means freedom to connect and share with your friends. It means desktop-like applications on the web. Whilst an exact definition escapes even the brightest, this can be taken as a fairly close approximation.
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nonetheless. The one thing the Web 2.0 sites have in common is that they are
furiously mining information about you and your buddies. What you like. What you
like that your buddies like. Digg knows what stories you've submitted, what
demographic you're in, how other people in your demographic react to what you
post. MySpace can break its users down by almost any statistic imaginable, then
mine that data for more information about what it is you're doing and sharing
online, and how that relates to your friends in the same (or different)
demographics.
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The financial gurus at Yahoo know all about your personal thoughts, pictures and
bookmarks. The guys at Google know everything about your search habits, and you
can bet they want to link 'em up to your email and calendar and whatever else
you end up using online. How much is that data worth? With marketing spends
online going ever upwards, as more and more of the world 'logs on', you can bet
that it's only going to get more and more valuable.
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minimal, it's what convinced me to look under the surface in the first place.
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the innovation will grind to a halt, and what's left will be the endless
grinding of the marketeering machine.
But hey - at least you'll be closer to your friends. And you'll have free photo hosting, too.
But hey - at least you'll be closer to your friends. And you'll have free photo hosting, too.
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