Hi,
Thank you for the interesting subject and article, Scalextrix!

I think that in the near future our concepts of what privacy is will be adjusted to different levels since the technology will require more access to our individual data.

Now, if we keep in mind that all critical info about average Joe is already stored in government books, being anonymous is kind of hard. If that average Joe is not living in the woods, which is fine with me if it does, then more than likely it will need an ID card, possibly a driving license and will have tax records, etc.

If he ever required medical assistance or had no more than a tooth extracted, there are records about him stored outside his control, and IF someone really wants to spend time and money to find and use that info then it will.

Learning how to use a map and a compass in order to calculate position might be rewarding, but I don’t want to do that when I’m visiting a new city as a tourist. An app does that for me. The price I pay is again related with passing personal data to that app.

I really don't want to return to the time when was supposed to walk down to the doctor, after a previous appointment, wait in the clinic to be called in, spend half of day just to get a piece of paper for the monthly renewal of my treatment, which by the way, I get it since the age of 6.

Nowadays, by allowing an application to get access to my location, camera, and personal data, I can get my treatment by taking just a trip to the pharmacy store at a time of my convenience.
Not to mention that my doctor's time is better used with people that are more in need to have a classic consultation.

In my neighborhood are cameras all over the place.
I tell you that any thief or any rule breaker will have a hard time getting his business around here.

Everyone is feeling a lot safer knowing that it must be a straight out idiot who will attempt to do any harm and imagine that it will get away with that.

So why should I get scared by the fact that one of those cameras will probably record my naked arse when I'm passing near windows after a shower?

I think the price for complete privacy is living a life outside basic commodities of our time, and I'm too lazy to renounce to all this.

Yes, there are risks while embracing technology. But no gain comes without some pain, it is known!

I’m sure that by trying and failing, by constant and relentless learning, we will be able to make a full step into the future, addressing anything that comes on our way, whatever security and ethic or moral issue might be.

In the end, losing a certain level of privacy and being transparent in return to a more comfortable life is not a bad deal for me.