Data is the new oil and privacy is the new currency.
Posted: Sun May 25, 2025 6:05 am
In a brilliant spoof by The Onion Network, the CIA praises the social network Facebook as the reason why the internet was invented: “the reason we invented the internet”. It is not for nothing that I called PRISM the most brilliant Big Data strategy ever of the NSA.
The NSA has tapped into a goldmine thanks to all our private data. The NSA didn’t even need to build a backdoor into Twitter, because the front door is wide open. Reason enough to declare 2013 the year of the “selfie”!
The Streisand Effect
In 2003, singer Barbra Streisand sued photographer Kenneth Adelman and the website Pictopia.com for $50 million. The site in question had published a photo of her Malibu home. The photo was part of a collection of 12,000 photos that were supposed to provide insight into beach erosion.
Streisand felt that this photo violated her privacy. At the time she sued both parties, the photo had only been latvia phone number list viewed six times. Two page views were from her own lawyers. The case received a lot of media attention. In one month, the website with the photo was viewed more than 420,000 times. With this lawsuit, La Streisand achieved exactly the opposite effect of what she wanted to achieve.
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The Rich Kids of Instagram
“They have more money than you. This is what they do.” This is the tagline of the Tumblr website Rich Kids Of Instagram . The website was launched on July 13, 2012. According to the blogger responsible, a few misspelled searches on Instagram led me to opulence that needed a Tumblr. The site turned out to be a hit. Every day new photos are uploaded that offer a glimpse into the lives of the rich kids of this world . Bentleys, Porches, helicopters, private jets, Louis Vuitton bags and Dom Perignon are seen in abundance in these photos.
The NSA has tapped into a goldmine thanks to all our private data. The NSA didn’t even need to build a backdoor into Twitter, because the front door is wide open. Reason enough to declare 2013 the year of the “selfie”!
The Streisand Effect
In 2003, singer Barbra Streisand sued photographer Kenneth Adelman and the website Pictopia.com for $50 million. The site in question had published a photo of her Malibu home. The photo was part of a collection of 12,000 photos that were supposed to provide insight into beach erosion.
Streisand felt that this photo violated her privacy. At the time she sued both parties, the photo had only been latvia phone number list viewed six times. Two page views were from her own lawyers. The case received a lot of media attention. In one month, the website with the photo was viewed more than 420,000 times. With this lawsuit, La Streisand achieved exactly the opposite effect of what she wanted to achieve.
streisand
The Rich Kids of Instagram
“They have more money than you. This is what they do.” This is the tagline of the Tumblr website Rich Kids Of Instagram . The website was launched on July 13, 2012. According to the blogger responsible, a few misspelled searches on Instagram led me to opulence that needed a Tumblr. The site turned out to be a hit. Every day new photos are uploaded that offer a glimpse into the lives of the rich kids of this world . Bentleys, Porches, helicopters, private jets, Louis Vuitton bags and Dom Perignon are seen in abundance in these photos.