Nick Bilton interviewed at Web 2.0 Summit 2011
summary
Argues that data becomes the web’s central battleground and names concrete failures: 77 million records stolen in the Sony breach, companies hoarding petabytes of Facebook-style data, and privacy notices like an 67-page privacy policy in iOS4 that users won’t read. Predicts mobile devices gain 20x more sensors and mix location, contacts and payment data into a single attack surface. Recommends clearer defaults, enforceable penalties for contract breaches, and simple iconography for what services actually collect and share.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and privacy overview
- 1:25Data risks and corporate responsibility
- 3:11Facebook's default settings and transparency
- 5:57Privacy policies and user education
- 7:41Online reputation and unintended exposure
- 9:26Mobile privacy and multi-user devices
- 10:50Legislation vs self-regulation in tech
- 13:12Location sharing and its trade-offs
- 15:37Pseudonyms vs real identities online
