STOWE BOYD: Publicy And The Erosion Of Privacy

We are rapidly moving into a more open web, propelled ahead by the individual decisions of millions of online denizens to share more information about themselves and the world they live in. This is the rise of publicy, and it represents nothing less than a new social contract, with very different forms of interaction and identity. At the same time, an era based largely on privacy — revealing personal and social information only in limited and tightly controlled contexts — seems to be eroding at a rate that is startling to some. Recent controversies — like Facebook’s ‘Privacygate’ — raise issues of public policy and personal controls, even as many simply say ‘get over it; privacy is dead.’ Where is this heading, and what should we do? twitter.com stoweboyd.com Stowe is an internationally recognized authority on social tools and their impact on media, business, and society.
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