Google CEO Schmidt: No Anonymity Is The Future Of Web

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No anonymity is the future of web in the opinion of Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt. He said many creepy things about privacy at the Techonomy Conference. The focus of the conference was how technology is changing and can change society. Schmidt’s message was that anonymity is a dangerous thing and governments will demand an end to it.

In an video interview with Julia Boorstin, CNBC Correspondent, Schmidt stated (starting at 5:13):

“Privacy is incredibly important,” Schmidt stated. “Privacy is not the same thing as anonymity. It’s very important that Google and everyone else respects people’s privacy. People have a right to privacy; it’s natural; it’s normal. It’s the right way to do things. But if you are trying to commit a terrible, evil crime, it’s not obvious that you should be able to do so with complete anonymity. There are no systems in our society which allow you to do that. Judges insist on unmasking who the perpetrator was. So absolute anonymity could lead to some very difficult decisions for our governments and our society as a whole.”
 
"No anonymity is the future of web"

There was none to begin with, or people would never get caught and have their houses searched and computers taken for illegal activities on-line, or taken to court by the music/movie/software industry.

Unless you know your way around it, you'll never be anonymous on-line. But if you're not up to no good, who cares anyway.

There are enough people putting their info on-line freely, letting everybody know what they look like, where they work, study, live, eat, vacation... and when. Millions and millions of us.
 
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