For as long as I follow discussions and event around the internet and similar technology (networked databases, datamining &ct) the topic of privacy has been quite dominant (especially here in Germany!). Privacy itself is not a new concept, we've had the option to put curtains in front of our windows for a while now, we could close our doors and we could decide who to share our holiday pictures with. We had a lot of privacy and whenever a government agency or other entity was stepping in to rob us of it, there were complaints, demonstrations and public disobedience. Now with the Internet being very dominant in many of our lives, the discussion of privacy comes up almost weekly: Facebook, 4Square, Google Street View … we could go on for ages here and list all the different "Privacy Disasters" we've had in the last year or so. But lately I've come to the conclusion that it's a battle that cannot be won. Why? Because we've said it for years now, just in a different context. Let's ste
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