In the analog world of our parents, it was absolutely unthinkable that the government would demand to know every footstep you took, every phonecall…
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Analog Equivalent Rights (15/21): Our digital children’s conversations are muted on a per-topic basis
At worst, our analog parents could be prevented from meeting each other. Our digital children are prevented from talking about particular subjects, once the…
Read MoreAnalog Equivalent Rights (14/21): Our analog parents’ dating preferences weren’t tracked, recorded, and cataloged
Our analog parents’ dating preferences were considered a most private of matters. For our digital children, their dating preferences is a wholesale harvesting opportunity…
Read MoreAnalog Equivalent Rights (13/21): Our digital children are tracked not just in everything they buy, but in what they DON’T buy
We’ve seen how our digital children’s privacy is violated in everything they buy with cash or credit, in a way our analog parents would…
Read MoreAnalog Equivalent Rights (12/21): Our parents bought things untracked, their footsteps in store weren’t recorded
In the last article, we focused on how people are tracked today when using credit cards instead of cash. But few pay attention to…
Read MoreAnalog Equivalent Rights (11/21): Our parents used anonymous cash
The anonymous cash of our analog parents is fast disappearing, and in its wake comes trackable and permissioned debit cards to our children. While…
Read MoreAnalog Equivalent Rights (10/21): Analog journalism was protected; digital journalism isn’t
In the analog world of our parents, leaks to the press were heavily protected in both ends – both for the leaker and for…
Read MoreAnalog Equivalent Rights (9/21): When the government knows what news you read, in what order, and for how long
Our analog parents had the ability to read news anonymously, however they wanted, wherever they wanted, and whenever they wanted. For our digital children,…
Read MoreAnalog Equivalent Rights (8/21): Using Third-Party Services Should Not Void Expectation of Privacy
Ross Ulbricht handed in his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court last week, highlighting an important Analog Equivalent Privacy Right in the process: Just…
Read MoreAnalog Equivalent Rights (7/21): Analog Libraries Were Private Searches for Information
When our analog parents searched for information, that activity took place in libraries, and that was one of the most safeguarded privacies of all….
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