I do not think the issue of privacy is seen in right perspective by most people. "I've nothing to hide" seems to be a common response. I myself start to think the same thing sometimes... 'I am honest citizen with no suspicious connections.' 'Maybe we would catch a sabatoging needle undermining goals and principles from within a haystack'.

But one has to step back for a second to reflect....men have to see themselves as and be free agents within nature to do as they want, to be honest men or criminals, or nature itself is redefined and lost to us. We cannot pretend to accept the construction of a capacity able to draw an enduring, though random appearing, attention to the individual that is able to focus as it chooses. ...."people who wear white socks", "the girl with pigtails", "his family voted for, reads so and so news ????"...etc.

At issue is the implementation of a pathological slant in the way people spend their time; a society of people who pry and those who are pryed upon, with a vague dividing boundary .....how people spend their time is what totally constructs history, leads from yesterday to tomorrow. If one dwells day and night on negative aspects and fears, or unattainable goals or fantasises excessively, the character of his perspective and hence life will change accordingly. History is a social construct that is built of man made artifact, in this sense man has some say over his social evolution: but it is alway must submit to the constraints of real nature to which invasion of evolved boundaries by external agents is poison. ..we would be living under a glass sky that cannot be maintained from any stand point, the social, economic or scientific.

From an even more familiar perspective, what does it mean that "I know who you called, when and where, where from, on any use of the telephone or computer, lifelong, for anyone anywhere." The criminal would most likely be multiplying and not receeding in numbers...he'd be in both places, snooper and snooped upon. Think of the world of Orwells 1984 where the familiarity of men/women to one another breeds more contempt in the eyes of a common 'big brother' than neighbor to neighbor. How is this prophacy ignored if not referred to within the same dialogues partaking with globalization plans bordering on or equaling big brothers' ideals, there is no discourse or exit action from the maize of problems that are incited.

Maybe some people find personal replete, enhanced security, as the owners of their own fate rather than free nature, control of their own destinies in a sea of existence that is not well lighted. Possibly I guess bad past behavior and fear of punishment might be a motivating factor. There are a million tales, but the lessons must be alive both within and outside the boxes that we construct within a growing in rational complexity, daily living.

Einstein insisted that nature was not deliberately maleoviolent...from very sound logical principle this can be asserted with confidence, though beyond time spent with bad behavior, nature cannot tolerate off centered tampering behavior that ensues from rational logic.

There was an article in yahoo news this morning that quoted the NSA as saying that they assmbled the survellience network they are using in about 2006 but discovered they did not understand how it worked in 2009. Do you think they can use it as they have been doing without completely dismantling it? Dismantling it may mean abandoning more than they are willing to. I think the correspondingscience fiction story is already written.

I dont know what is meant in the assertion by ethnographists that American culture is 'weird'; lunatical psychologies and behavior, mostly embodied to the business sector, are ignored in psychiatric evaluations, the cultural functions embody sameness place to place.

This morning the press reported on comments made to the New York Times by Putin 'no nation should consider itself to be the 'exceptional' example....words taken from Obama who I had begun to admire for his gestures of respect in bowing low to emperiors and leaders. Referencing Putins comment on 'exceptionality' it was reported that one prominent member of congress indicated he "wanted to vomit".

In the same breath Putin's statemate that US military action against Syria would destabilize the region significantly was qualified as if subsequent terrorism action would be a direct reprisal seeming to refer to Assad and Putin. Congress, that had been claiming abuse of power by Obama, looking placated that he had turned to congress for approval, and now with the responsibility of a vote on the issue delayed, seems to have taken an about face cursing of those greedy power hungary foreigners that need America as an example.

Aside from all that lunacy, how can one pretend to be on a humanitary mission with bombs intended to destroy both personnel and property...many Serians were reported to be scared out of their wits at the prospect, preparing to vacate their homes , are at least half comfortable with Assad and prey to left alone to resovle their own difficulties...a similar senerio occured with the no fly zone over Libya where NATO fighters inadvertantly bombed hospitals and innocent civilians alike. From the comfort of our homes in America this looks like the folly it is, but one can hardly reconcile the personal trageties involved, though it does not border on the ability to perceive the vast and infinite, it is within imagaries and comprehension of anyone who learns of it. Wouldnt bombing tanks of poisonous gas release it to the atmosphere.

This whole scene of events might not find difficult fitting into Alice in Wonderland stories or Gulliver Travels...cartoons for children of mineature worlds hidden in cow pasteurs. The act of speaking almost seems to communicate a futility "we cant help ourselves"....

I think best course of action:

'make the best example, dont play, tamper with or step on the shit, you dont know whats in it; the world doesnt want or expect you to guard everyone everywhere, to know everything, and can deal with the manure itself place to place where it occurs, each one must confine himself in his own place'. Even manure has natural rights of sovereignty regarding intention and reasoning in the course of planned action, a natural place in balances and ecologies.

Do you think invasion of privacy is the seed empowering the growth of power to the lesser and small as it depletes it from what is more noble.

This is my opinion:

Conference Paper Allowing privacy-preserving analysis of social network likes

Article Analysis-Preserving Protection of User Privacy against Infor...

Unfortunately, this is a very complex issue. Privacy is at risk in terms of information posted on social media portals.

The problems of the analysis of information contained on social media portals for marketing purposes are described in the publication:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322241537_THE_QUESTION_OF_THE_SECURITY_OF_FACILITATING_COLLECTING_AND_PROCESSING_INFORMATION_IN_DATA_BASES_OF_SOCIAL_NETWORKING

I invite you to discussion and cooperation. Greetings

There are several threats when publish our profile online on any social media platform as they are collecting our information for analyzing our behaviors then sending brochures and ads.

We are able to prevent this problem by some kinds of actions such as delete all the cookies after browsing.

From my personal perspective, the owners of any social media platform should be clear and followed their rules. If any personal information is leaked, they will be punished.

I believe that each person is responsible for the information he/she is posting online. As soon as you post something, you should understand that your private life is not fully private anymore.

Of course, when it comes to some messengers or personal texts in social media, if someone leaks private information without mutual agreement, this person should be punished as it violates person's privacy.

This problem is really complex and controversial. You can look at the situation from different perspectives and have absolutely different opinions.

Privacy and social media are oxymoron.