In our hearts we know Scott McNealey is right. But we can t get over it. We feel like Democrats do over the last election. We ll never get over it.
Privacy is like the weather.
Everyone complains about it but no one does anything about it. We do this because we feel powerless before it, as before a thunderstorm. So we fill out registration forms, and give out phone numbers at check out stands. Instead we slice off pieces of ourselves our phone number, our address, a transaction record when we feel we re getting value in exchange. Most of us allow sites like Amazon track us because we see the site giving us better recommendations.