Is Privacy an Anomaly Created by the New Industrial Revolution?

Google Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf suggests that privacy is a new phenomenon and a concept that didn't exist before.

The concept of privacy on the internet is a topic that pushes many buttons. From the SOPA/PIPA blackouts of 2012 to an update to the terms of service on any major social network, people are likely to get very riled up over it. According to The Verge, Google Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf suggested at an FTC event that “privacy may actually be an anomaly.”

He used the story of about growing up in a small town, noting that the postmaster would see every piece of mail everyone was getting and there wasn’t really privacy.

Cerf did qualify that he was oversimplifying his position, but he is of the belief that “it will be increasingly difficult for us to achieve privacy.

AW+

WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.

Spring Special

Save 30% Off an ADWEEK Subscription Today!

View Your Options

Already a member? Sign in