According to this New York Times article, by a judge’s order, pretty soon Viacom may know exactly. And right now Google knows exactly. How will these companies and others use such personal information? In the NYT article you can read about Google and Viacom proclaiming that they want to protect your privacy. Somehow I don’t feel comforted by the thought that my privacy depends on the good will of corporations whose purpose is to make money for shareholders and not to be charitable to the rest of us. We need government regulation (and enforcement of regulation) to make sure our privacy is protected online and elsewhere.

Andrew Kun

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