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Doctorow: The Curious Case of Internet Privacy (Technology Review)

Doctorow: The Curious Case of Internet Privacy (Technology Review)

Posted Jun 7, 2012 21:48 UTC (Thu) by n8willis (editor, #43041)
In reply to: Doctorow: The Curious Case of Internet Privacy (Technology Review) by slashdot
Parent article: Doctorow: The Curious Case of Internet Privacy (Technology Review)

I believe his thesis is that if browsers switch off the firehose of free information, the remaining information -- which is the data voluntarily offered by users -- will be of higher value, and be less expensive to index & analyze. I'm not interested in arguing his point for him; that's only my attempt at restating it.

Nate


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