Beware the new Big Brother

[tec0]

Why not just screw the system. Don’t buy an android phone or a phone with GPS or "smart phone". Get rid of your social networking. Use anonymous proxy systems and search engines. Disable your phone's please call me facility. And slowly digress from using the net on your mobile.

If they wish to attack us in this way and remember in social networking we are the product being sold to the advertiser then remove yourself as a product. They will start to lose money and rethink there strategy.

[wynn]

In any suggestion that computers will map the human behaviour one must factor in the non social part of the brain. This part remains hidden from everything and is normally very primitive in decision making.

This is called the 'LIZARD BRAIN' it is the oldest part of our brain from near the beginning of our evolution.
The 'fight or flight' reaction.

I believe the Prof is talking about the fact that programmes have been written that mine the internet to find out everything about you that is on the net and whatever spybots can source from other databanks and 'Facebook' is so damn easy because all the information is stupidly volunteered by the member.

Name, age, address, school, clubs, likes, dislikes etc.

Gold to a marketing organisation.

[AndyD]

I also notice some targeted advertising coming my way, there is are serious flaws in targeted advertising though. I find that I get bombarded by advertising for products that I already own

In a world where everything is out of date or out of fashion in a year or so this might not be a flaw, if you own one now, they know you'll be in the market for a new one again shortly.

[adrianh]

Maybe, but if I own a Samsung tablet it would be better for them to tell me about their other products than just telling me about their tablets all the time.