The Privacy Bargain / Cory Doctorow

The Privacy Bargain

The privacy bargain refers to the deal users make with social networking sites, often sites request personal information such as names, location details in return for a free service.

Below Cory Doctorow gives an interesting talk about the privacy bargain and raises some good points.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xtsyH4i2Qk

Above is a very insightful video of Cory Doctorow talking about 'The Privacy Bargain'. He talks about how users often undermine their personal information. He quotes that "it’s hard to get worked up about things where the failure and the deed are separated by a long way”. I will definitely be using this quote within my script as I feel it is a very interesting point to make.