Voluntarily sharing personal browsing histories for public viewing.

[Swede]

No thanks.

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a new generation of Web sites like Dscover.me, Sitesimon.com and Voyurl.com is banking on our willingness to take that next step toward taking our lives public: namely, by automatically tracking personal browsing histories for public viewing.

Paul Jones, a founder of Dscover.me, said he and his founding partner conceived the site because they were old college friends and wanted a way to better share common interests, from shopping finds to tech news, while living in different parts of the country.

At times, their communication would drop off, Mr. Jones said. “Then, at one point we just said to each other, ‘What if we could just show each other what we’re reading and watching and shopping for?’ ”

But are these sites another crack in the eroding wall between public and private life?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/fashion/06Sharing.html?_r=1&ref=technology

[Drale]

1. Bet some really stupid people

who have really messed fetish's try using this site. :rofl:

[Journeyman]

2. Remember the hue and cry when the idea for "Total Information Awareness" was floated? . . .

And how, shortly after it was shot down, Facebook appeared and everyone had an opportunity to voluntarily expose all the information they didn't want TIA to collect -- and people joined by the millions.

Then came Twitter, and every passing thought could now be captured. And now comes this, websites designed for the express purpose of publicizing ever more detailed information about our private behavior.

And to think, so many were upset with Poindexter when he floated the trial balloon for TIA. And really, all it amounted to was the vast majority didn't want the government to collect that information in secret -- they wanted instead to freely give it to everyone.

We are a peculiar society.