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Posted on June 9, 2013 by Enzro Greenidge

I use to worry about privacy issues and the government’s ability to take our freedoms at a whim. Since the commercialization of the internet I no longer have those fears, because we already have no privacy. The current questions are; how is the data being used and do we have a right to know that our data is being mined?  Many think that privacy equates to freedom, but it does not. Freedom is lost when the individual is unaware of her loss of privacy. I opposed “The Patriot Act” in 2001 and still do today. My problem is not that the government is allowed to violate our privacy, but that violation can be kept from us. The detergent of sunshine is needed everywhere.

That detergent has not been direct at the few large private sector data miners that control all our information. We live in a Capitalist society where markets function best with accurate and up-to-date data. Once you understand that fact the rest of the story is simple. If you want a functioning system you have to provide your data. Furthermore Capitalism should not be equated with democracy or freedom.
The proliferation of data mining by the private sector has not being noticed by the general population, but that dragnet is much wider and deeper that the government could ever be.

We have willingly and unwittingly given all our meta-data to large data miners. I am more concerned about them than I am about the government. The risk of nefarious use of your data is not limited to the government. The powers given to the government to spy is provided and voted on by the congress and directed by the congress. The only difference between the government and the private sector data miners is that the private section is going after your cash while the government is using it for security. I would like all of it to be disclosed.

I live by the open source philosophy. All data wants to be free and should be free. Not free as in no monetary value, but as in free to do as each individual chooses. I may not understand all the data collected, but if all of it is accessible to the general public the many eyes will keep the collectors in check. Each citizen is the check and the balance. In this age where data mining is so easy and valuable the political class no longer represents the individual.
Free yourself.

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