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Saturday February 18, 2012
<p>No, let’s put the blame where it belongs, on us, the users of the Internet. We rely on free services like Gmail while insisting on “privacy,” a term that we probably can’t even define to our collective satisfaction. We accept terms of service contracts and privacy policies that explain in excessive detail how we will not get privacy, how our information will be used, and then we object.</p> <p>So instead of privacy, let’s talk about control. You do have some of that, still. Make some choices about how your information will be used–because it will be used–instead of accepting default settings.</p> — <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/privacy/232601119?pgno=2" target="_blank">Thomas Claburn </a>