2008 - No Place To Hide.
Good bye 2007 and hello new world. Mobile advertising is likely to become part of your consumerist ball and chain in 08. Steve Jobs is already planning ways to help you checkout faster during your next supermarket visit. in 2007, companies like Intellius were freely allowed by law to sell personal cellphone data to marketers. Now these marketers can get their sneaky “Mr. Burns” type fingers into your pockets, only to remind you to buy more crap! Oh yeah, “let me toss you a coupon.” Recent companies like MobiMogul are already devising revenue sharing models with audible cell ad networks: “make money by listening to this ad,”
There is no escaping it, there really is no such thing as privacy. Just checkout sites like Zabasearch and Intellius - type in your name my friend. I recently showed these sites to a journalist friend from a very reputable bureau and she was stunned. Some new sites like Spokeo.com want to display all your online activity to anyone who has you in their address book. Others like Rapleaf.com track your social network behavior. Now you’re ex’s can spy on you from a creepy distance. Let’s not forget all this discussion about a national ID in 08. Some politicians have suggested that American’s rethink their definition of privacy. Damn, what are these people trying to do, look inside my pants or something?
Optimistically speaking however, 2008 will also be a time in which people will become more aware of things like privacy and personal liberties, which we all take for granted in the United States. This by itself will be a great accomplishment for our dummy masses. Good luck and good night. Happy New Year 
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:56 pm
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