Comments on: Economist on Google http://fstutzman.com/2007/09/04/economist-on-google/ Thoughts about information, social networks, and privacy Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:54:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bertil http://fstutzman.com/2007/09/04/economist-on-google/comment-page-1/#comment-920 Bertil Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:59:00 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/~fred/projects/blog/?p=487#comment-920 I do think the bank comparison is very interesting--not by associating money with information, but simply because banks have detailed information too.<br/>Has Leeson revealed any detail about anyone's banking details? No, he betrayed an internal policy. Does anyone fear banks to leak information details? No: it's not at the heart of their business, but they could. <br/><br/>I think you see this as a fear because, as a coder, you consider holding this information the core element of the company. People who see it as a search engine don't see their details at the centre of the picture, so they don't feel the threat.<br/><br/>Whether it's reasonable, I don't know; I just can't see why Google is new: it's bigger, more detailed then bank details--but it's not new. I do think the bank comparison is very interesting–not by associating money with information, but simply because banks have detailed information too.
Has Leeson revealed any detail about anyone’s banking details? No, he betrayed an internal policy. Does anyone fear banks to leak information details? No: it’s not at the heart of their business, but they could.

I think you see this as a fear because, as a coder, you consider holding this information the core element of the company. People who see it as a search engine don’t see their details at the centre of the picture, so they don’t feel the threat.

Whether it’s reasonable, I don’t know; I just can’t see why Google is new: it’s bigger, more detailed then bank details–but it’s not new.

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