>> We are on a path to some entities knowing almost everything about most citizens but these citizens know almost nothing about these entities.
I think Google is already there, at least for chrome users.
>> I think a good way would be to open up all data
Psychologically, this is a bad option. People need privacy, especially interpersonal privacy, which today, is generally, somewhat preserved.
Of course, you could come with the claim that once everything is open, people will adjust, and things will be fine. But that's a huge and very risky experiment, and relatively hard to back-off from, once the data is released.
And technically/legally it is possible to create more corporate privacy on the internet. It's just that there's no real political pressure to do so.
I think Google is already there, at least for chrome users.
>> I think a good way would be to open up all data
Psychologically, this is a bad option. People need privacy, especially interpersonal privacy, which today, is generally, somewhat preserved.
Of course, you could come with the claim that once everything is open, people will adjust, and things will be fine. But that's a huge and very risky experiment, and relatively hard to back-off from, once the data is released.
And technically/legally it is possible to create more corporate privacy on the internet. It's just that there's no real political pressure to do so.