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Perception of privacy is changing
Had a beer with Britt and his friend Dan at Revolution Cafe and for some reason we started chatting about a favorite topic of mine - Privacy.
The world has changed. And often when it does we don’t really take notice because as humans we’re amazing at adapting. When it comes to privacy it’s easy to fall into the category of people arguing for the slippery slope where less privacy is bad for us. But when you look backwards at what actually have happened in the last 5 years it’s pretty astonishing things.
We used to think it was dangerous to put your photo on the internet, to put your address on the internet. We used nicknames to hide our real identity and interesting discussions online where hiding behind a private email-list. This is really how things where in the early 2000 - it’s easy to forget.
Where the world a better place then? No. We’re better off now thanks to more openness. And we’ve adapted to the point there things we used to think were privacy intrusions are now signs on people not understanding the context. Doesn’t have a photo on your facebook-page? People wont associate that with your privacy-concern they will mostly think you’re boring.
They way the world is going is that we think that the bad examples of privacy intrusion actually applies to us. That if I leave my address online then either a paparazzi or a stalker will show up. Don’t worry - they wont. When very few people had a public life we cared. When all private individuals have an equally accessible public life we stopped caring.
The world doesn’t have time to make everyone a celebrity. There simply isn’t that much attention-span available.
