Web 2.0 erodes privacy

ALONG WITH SEVERAL others, I believe the major fall-out from Web 2.0 isn't a trademark dispute, it's a net loss of privacy. If you connect to suprglued applications on the internet, you give away a composite picture of yourself to big business interest who will develop clever ways to market your interests more efficiently. I don't think this is a topic discussed by the presenters during Thursday's IT@Cork Web 2.0 event, but it's paramount in my understanding of Web 2.0 and how it affects real people. Wil Harris thinks, "When the Web 2.0 bubble bursts - when the massive buyouts are done, the millionaires are made and the sites we love today are in the hands of big business - the innovation will grind to a halt, and what's left will be the endless grinding of the marketeering machine. But hey - at least you'll be closer to your friends.  And you'll have free photo hosting, too."

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Wil Harris -- "Why Web 2.0 Will End Your Privacy"
IT@Cork -- "Web 2.0 half-day conference"

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