Data vs Life.

In my opinion, data that people generate in terms of the movement of their lives should not be owned by gatherers of this data. Photographs are a separate argument but will eventually become part of this too. Google has long had an engine to connect cell phone photos to objects.

Some of my friends accuse me of conspiracy theory stuff, but I really am not. I do not subscribe to the idea of a separate little group that runs the world (I am not by definition a Republican). I do think "the invisible hand of the free market" nutjobs are being socially engineered. And experience shows there is always one more legal level to reach for.

Collecting data is one thing because we give it up of free will. If database management systems could be controlled by one entity, we are all screwed. But it is after all a brilliant business play.

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