REVIEW: In the digital world, we trade privacy for convenience

My review on a CNN article:

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Well, it really seems that the Internet has come to stay, absolutely. Such has it permeated our lives that it is impossible to consider, at least in medium-to-large cities worldwide, people doing without it.

Convenience, we have reached a point of no return. Today, we can perform our bank transactions online, leveraging the safety of not putting yourself at risk, threatened by robbers in the streets. Nevertheless, that is certainly a trade-off since you are at risk if you do not know how to safely use the Internet, such as giving out sensitive data or utilizing suspicious web sites and applications, which are aimed at steeling your data for malicious use afterward.

Elaborating on the safety matter, is it conceivable the idea of leading a private life when you have been observed whenever and wherever you go? Undoubtedly, to track down society evils, that should be perfect. However, shall we be reminded of it and consider such a lack of privacy as ultimately beneficial? I do think the answer varies considerably, some citizens prefer the constant eye on them as a means to feel safe, whereas others might just as well accept their lack of private conduct, rendering the matter rather controversial.

Perhaps it is a must to trade privacy for convenience, to have people choose on their own, how to keep a balance between them.

Speaking the truth, nothing in life is thoroughly beneficial; neither is it otherwise. Given the current paved avenues for us, in the online world, we ought to be directed on how to go through such boulevards of information, such as being born in a new world packed with things to learn and experience. There is no other way around in the modern world; come what may, live and learn, the online world exists, open up your eyes to its hazards and benefits.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/04/14/oppmann.off.the.grid/index.html?hpt=C1