I think there is a possible future where maybe we do just take a hard turn away from the Internet and we do start valuing our privacy again.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think that there is a generational change, where new generations that have grown up always having access to the internet have a somewhat different view in terms of personal information and what needs to be kept private.
Anyone who steps back for a minute and observes our modern digital world might conclude that we have destroyed our privacy in exchange for convenience and false security.
We are losing privacy at an alarming rate - we have none left.
I see beauty in the future of the Internet, but I'm worried that we might not see that. I'm worried that we are running into problems because of online crime. Online crime is the one thing that might take these things away from us.
Privacy is not an option, and it shouldn't be the price we accept for just getting on the Internet.
The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry. But we live in a complex world where you're going to have to have a level of security greater than you did back in the olden days, if you will. And our laws and our interpretation of the Constitution, I think, have to change.
I don't think anybody would argue now that the Internet isn't becoming a major factor in our lives. However, it's very new to us. Newsreaders still feel it is worth a special and rather worrying mention if, for instance, a crime was planned by people 'over the Internet.'
We want to bring people back to normal human social relationships. Your digital stuff can be there, but it doesn't have to take over your whole world.
I really believe that we don't have to make a trade-off between security and privacy. I think technology gives us the ability to have both.
My hope is that we're going to end up with a far more tolerant society, where the erosion of privacy, to the extent it erodes, will be offset by increased tolerance.