This is true. On the other hand, the consumers can only give up so much before there's push-back, and that's quickly becoming the situation.

I understand that. What I don't understand is the "incredulous" component of some of the posts.

The only way I have been able to treat the whole thing is:

1: Assume everything you do with a cell phone can be eventually traced back to you. It is now the same as the internet.

2: Maintain two separate and distinct lines. One for professional communications and the other for personal/entertainment/ or anything else communications... much like we have now learned to do with email addy's.

I'm thinkin' that two distinct lines (mine are from two different carriers) will eventually become the norm for those wishing to avoid some of the repercussions of all this.

This of course then gets back to the inconvenience of carrying two devices but the reality is that when on work time or missions all one needs to be is "near" their personal device and vice versa.

Grandma or for that matter, HotNtasty19@wherever.com does not "need" to have instant access to you when you are tasked with doing something professionally.

Likewise, when you hook up with HotNtasty19@wherever.com for drinks after work, your boss doesn't "need" to have instant access to your down time or have easy access to any information about your "friends" from a social network.

I imagine that the business that will first gain the most from this consumer naivety about privacy coupled with the rise in the use of social networks will be bill collectors.

I'm sure we can think of a whole bunch of simular scenarios as well.

I used to think that... but people don't really care about privacy any longer until it hits them. Then it's important.

But if/when the push-back comes, I can't wait to see what's going to happen. I fear only a small percentage of people will get behind it. And those folks will get ridiculed a bit... because the majority don't just get what they're giving away.