Privacy
Yeah, privacy is pretty much dead. I know that sounds depressing, but I think it is the new reality. Hopefully I am wrong, I know that people get mad at me, but I am afraid it is the reality. Unless you plan to cut yourself off from the communication revolution that is taking place around us right now, then you stand very little chance of staying private.
The assignments and resources below will help you to understand why the current business model of the Internet and the pace of change that is taking place, create an exchange process. Thanks to scale, it is easy and cheap to collect a LOT of information about people. From there, that information can be sold to various groups, companies, organizations, governments, neighbors, employers, etc. As we talked about in the Big Data lesson, this information is then analyzed for patterns and predications can be made about the habits of individuals, groups, etc.