People always think they are unique in their behaviour, but most behaviour is predictable when you gather information and behaviour patterns from millions of people around the world.
That's also why it's always a bogus argument when people are telling : I have nothing to hide. This information is useless.
To you it might seem useless but to others it can be of great value and especially when combined with other information. It's also what feeds most of the Social Engineering.
Anrike, check out this documentary if you haven't already seen it.
In today's world the most common form of power is having spy data on somebody else. And it's a very strange form of power, it's different than earlier historical forms of power. Power has usually meant the threat of violence, what happens when you say, well "ultimately if you don't do this, I'll hurt you". And it might be indirect, it might be complex, but that's how it works.
The new kind of power is different, it's a very gradual form of power. Somebody saying "hey, you can do what you want, but I am micro-managing options so very gradually I'm steering you to what I want; I'm very gradually influencing the financial decisions you make, the commercial decisions you make, the education decisions you make, all kinds of things, so very gradually I'm changing the world so I make myself richer and more powerful. So, it's a new kind of power that's very sneaky and gradual.
But, the thing about gradual power is it compounds, like compound interest. If somebody can use spy data about you to just change your decisions, to give me .1% advantage every year, it accumulates until suddenly I'm very rich and you're very poor. So, that's the new kind of power. It's very subtle and that's what it makes it so important that we understand it and why it's so important that we change it.
the simplest example: when you enter your Facebook profile, the company will immediately ask questions ( to complete you social profile), like survey but in a smart way, the company collect huge amount of free data about their customers & sell to the biggest production company's in order t define people needs & create successful product base on measure got it from analysing those data.
Yes, they want to know more about you and try to keep you on the app as long as possible. Luckily, there are some things we can do to contain this a little bit. More about that soon.
Hi @razack-pulo, time and development won't stand still indeed. But I do think we should think about what's happening. We don't have to blindly accept data brokers selling lists of rape sufferers for example. That's just inhumane.
I love your article! sehr schön geschrieben :)
Danke @tai-euler!
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People always think they are unique in their behaviour, but most behaviour is predictable when you gather information and behaviour patterns from millions of people around the world.
That's also why it's always a bogus argument when people are telling : I have nothing to hide. This information is useless.
To you it might seem useless but to others it can be of great value and especially when combined with other information. It's also what feeds most of the Social Engineering.
Great article!
You're spot on @thetimminator! We're super predictable! Following you now.
Great article. You get my help by my 💯 % upvote and my resteem. Let's stay in contact and may schedule a beer with my next berlin visit.
Thanks @detlev! I'm following you also. Let me know when you're in Berlin. I'm in Bangkok at the moment, but planning to be back late November.
Anrike, check out this documentary if you haven't already seen it.
Yeah! That's the same documentary I refer to in my post, but in English. Thanks for sharing!!
Great Article. Follow me back
Thanks and done!
the simplest example: when you enter your Facebook profile, the company will immediately ask questions ( to complete you social profile), like survey but in a smart way, the company collect huge amount of free data about their customers & sell to the biggest production company's in order t define people needs & create successful product base on measure got it from analysing those data.
Yes, they want to know more about you and try to keep you on the app as long as possible. Luckily, there are some things we can do to contain this a little bit. More about that soon.
don't keep us waiting to see your suggestions in order to protect our info from that kind of légal data ripe.
Thanks for the encouragement @anahowa210. As soon as I have some time, I'll write it!
Good article.... Just upvoted @anrikevisser...
Thanks @supriya1993, I see you studied Computer Application. Was Big Data part of the studies?
It's modern life indeed. We must get used to it, and to follow the development of technology and the way of advertising..
Hi @razack-pulo, time and development won't stand still indeed. But I do think we should think about what's happening. We don't have to blindly accept data brokers selling lists of rape sufferers for example. That's just inhumane.
Great article
Thank you so much @belalh!