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Originally posted by Hefficide
I do believe that much of what happens electronically does fall into the data mining category - but rarely does it focus upon individuals. There are entire sciences, now, built upon the study of groups and group behaviors. Data mining is used very effectively to monitor, effect, and even control public opinions.
So, yes, we're all spying on ourselves and each other... just not in the way we think we might be.
~Heff
Most people get up in arms about privacy issues regarding camera getting put up in public everywhere, but, the cameras are nothing. They're in public. Who cares? Such cameras should be the very LEAST of your concerns.
Originally posted by Hefficide
reply to post by AriesJedi
My thoughts here:
Unless you have specific reason to be worried about being tracked then I'd personally do exactly the opposite. Data has a fun quality - too much of it becomes meaningless and impossible to manage. This is why programs like Carnivore are forced to only detect keywords of strings or keywords and do not have the capacity to record or analyze every communication fully.
Enough people throwing enough data clogs the drains.
~Heffedit on 8/14/12 by Hefficide because: typos are my speciality
Originally posted by Hefficide
reply to post by QuantumQuackers
Can you please source the claim that all digital communications are being archived?
Originally posted by HefficideOr even that they are all being individually monitored - beyond the keyword level?