What I see in different shades of gray, from behind my reading glasses
Slate reporter Amy Webb explains the pitfalls of sharing personal information online using her own recent experience:
…when we share even innocent images information about our kids, we endanger their future anonymity and expose them to data monitoring by governments and private corporations that we can’t control…
Lindsey Bever explains:
Although there’s an important distinction to be made between information we voluntarily sign away and private data that’s seemingly subject to unwarranted searches and collection, many of us are inconsistent in our release of personal data. We’re quick to hand over our privacy rights to corporations, but we get touchy when the government tampers with our information – even when we might be the ones allowing it.