On privacy, choice and informed consent

The battle that is underway is not a battle over the future of privacy and publicity. It’s a battle over choice and informed consent. It’s unfolding because people are being duped, tricked, coerced, and confused into doing things where they don’t understand the consequences. Facebook keeps saying that it gives users choices, but that is completely unfair. It gives users the illusion of choice and hides the details away from them “for their own good.”

I’m going to go sit in the corner and swoon over danah boyd’s brilliance while you all go read her latest post Facebook and “radical transparency” (a rant).