A LITTLE GREAT BIG HONKING LIST
It is our proprietary information. By dribs drabs and dollops, it is being taken from our possession and control.
If you wish to give it up, realize going in that it has a value (or it wouldn’t be so eagerly sought and hoarded) and that you — more often than not — are releasing it free and clear, along with any and all future control of the data.
What happens to our data happens to ourselves.
This shadow self doesn’t just sit there: It’s constantly touched. It’s examined and judged. When we apply for a bank loan, it’s our data that determines whether or not we get it. When we try to board an airplane, it’s our data that determines how thoroughly we get searched — or whether we get to board at all. If the government wants to investigate us, they’re more likely to go through our data than they are to search our homes; for a lot of that data, they don’t even need a warrant.
Who controls our data controls our lives.
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We need to take back our data.
Our data is a part of us. It’s intimate and personal, and we have basic rights to it. It should be protected from unwanted touch. Source
