Reading 07 Prompt 2

We live in a primarily capitalist society, so companies and organizations are typically motivated by the amount of revenue they can generate. As a result, we have to conclude that corporations are either going to sell us products and services or sell our information to other corporations which will in turn try to sell us such products and services. I believe that such a system is perfectly acceptable under certain stipulations. If it is in a company’s interest to sell the information that we provide, then we should be notified of the potential for our information to be disclosed. Of course, I personally believe that certain types of information that are not personally identifiable should be allowed to be sold. Information such as the purchase history of certain locations are harmless and can help advertisers target demographics that are most likely to purchase their products. However, information regarding specific households or any data that can be used to personally identify someone should be prohibited. I do not mind if I receive the same advertisements as people in my area or demographic, but receiving potential notifications that are specific to me would be very disturbing. With that said, I have no problem with “selling” any information that isn’t extremely personal to me. In fact, I would personally prefer to sell such information for these services rather than purchase them with my own money.

I actually disagree with the techcrunch article regarding Google’s new artificial intelligence system because the future of AI will likely require massive amounts of data in order to learn and develop. Such a project may only possible if it is allowed access to certain trends that public information can provide. I do believe that these projects should have an “opt in” notification similar to how Apple asks you if you permit them to allow your device to automatically share analytic, diagnostic, and usage information with them. Privacy, in this day and age, has become an unrealistic expectation in many ways. However, I believe that sharing trends or general demographic information should certainly be permitted, especially if companies are offering “free” services in return. To remove this incentive would ultimately result in the disappearance of such services, which is extremely unfortunate in a society where corporations are trying to squeeze every possible penny out of us anyway. From a personal perspective, I am almost never influenced by advertisements, so I would likely be the least desirable type of consumer regardless.

In my opinion, online advertising is generally tolerable and certainly preferable to having to pay to access certain sites. With that said, I use adblock anyway because it is more convenient for me to not have to view such advertisements. Our society is driven by incentive, so the incentive for me is to access the sites that I want without any potential distractions. As mentioned in the ArsTechnica article, I completely understand that using adblock is a problem for sites that rely on advertisements for revenue, but the general convenience is too significant for me. Sites can simply detect adblock and notify users to whitelist them if it’s a serious issue, which I have no problem doing so.

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