More websites that value privacy are shutting down … Groklaw, Lavabit, and Silent Circle.
While I agree with much of what Pamela Jones said in this article, http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20130818120421175, I can’t agree with her conclusion to get off the Internet. “They” win then, don’t they?
I also have to agree with PandoDaily’s Adam L. Penenberg that their owners shutting down these 3 websites in particular was not such a great idea. http://pandodaily.com/2013/08/20/why-shutting-down-groklaw-lavabit-and-silent-circle-was-a-bad-move/ Like the guy said in The Godfather, “Go to the mattresses!” Keep people interested in fighting for their rights.
Now, back to the usual type of privacy-impacting shenanigans this website looks at. This article talks about how stores want to personalize your shopping experience for your shopping habits, kinda like Amazon already does. http://pandodaily.com/2013/08/23/customer-stalking-coming-soon-to-a-store-near-you/
I like coupons as well as the next person, but … it’s c-r-e-e-p-y! Facial recognition software, emotion-sensing technology … Carmel Deamicis calls it customer stalking and I don’t want to be stalked. Next thing you know, I’m gonna have one of those coffee machines that brews individual cups of coffee at a bazillion dollars per cup sitting in my kitchen and I’m going to feel bad every time I throw one of those little cups away. And, besides which, the type of coffee that goes in them is kinda nasty.
I don’t like it when Amazon tells me what I’ve looked at and what I’ve bought and what somebody else that bought what I bought bought … Geez, is that even grammatical?!
But what I do know is this: It’s creepy.
Intentional Privacy 