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The Privacy Paradox: We Want Our Privacy But Give it Away

bits.blogs.nytimes.com — We all cherish our privacy. Then we go and divulge everything about ourselves on Facebook and happily load up on tracking devices like GPS navigators and cellphones. Researchers call this the privacy paradox: normally sane people have inconsistent and contradictory impulses and opinions when it comes to safeguarding their own private information.

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  • Rabbittt, on 07/04/2008, -0/+4It's about choice, not privacy or being secretive.. People will freely choose such things as being open, carrying GPS, etc., because it fits within their lifestyle and it's a choice they make for themselves, of their own free will. If they are forced to carry a GPS device, for instance, then it goes to being told what to do, as in opposition to authoritarianism. This isn't a paradox, it's apples and oranges.
    • supermanly, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Wow I wish I could digg you up more.

      You just tore apart the premise of this article.
  • bsegovia, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Exactly my thoughts Rabbittt
  • MrViklund, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1Yea this is funny.
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