Data Control Quotes

Vivametrica isn't the only company vying for control of the fitness data space. There is considerable power in becoming the default standard-setter for health metrics. Any company that becomes the go-to data analysis group for brands like Fitbit and Jawbone stands to make a lot of money.

People are just beginning to learn how much their own personal privacy is being invaded and that they’re losing control over their own information.

Whether it's Facebook or Google or the other companies, that basic principle that users should be able to see and control information about them that they themselves have revealed to the companies is not baked into how the companies work. But it's bigger than privacy. Privacy is about what you're willing to reveal about yourself.

I don't put pictures of my children on, rarely, I think I've done it twice? I'm thoughtful about that, because I don't think you can get it back, and I don't think it's fair to people to try to convey a desire to maintain some privacy and then share pictures and expect that somebody else won't want the same ability.

Jack's [Ma Yun ] theory is that whoever controls data controls the world.

I clearly say yes to Big Data, yes to greater security and convenience, but no to paternalism and Big Brother.'

I've always shied away from online data storage. I don't even use my employers' network drives for anything sensitive. I want to control access myself.

It would be better for everyone if we deleted everything by default and saved the things that are important to us.

Those who rule data will rule the entire world.

Remember, the Cloud is just someone else's server.

Control is what gives you privacy.

Read, learn, work it up, go to the literature. Information is control.

We created the ability for people to insert enterprise or personal data.

Private companies can make a personal profile, direct you to things - they will say - that you would be interested in, but that's their choice not your choice.

It's being reported that Google spent over $5 million on lobbying just during the first quarter of this year. You'd think Google wouldn't really need to lobby politicians. All they have to say is, 'We have your search history. Do what we tell you.'

In the future, I think movies are going to be more of data sets that viewers have a hand in controlling - where the narrative originates and what happens to the content.

We don't have to ask for our privacy, we can take it back.

Apple and Google will compete like crazy for our data because once they have it we'll be their customers forever.

Freebase? What's free about it?

When I know the data that's being shared and I'm asked explicitly for my consent, I want some sites to understand my habits. It helps them suggest books for me to read or movies for my family to watch or friends for us to connect with.

With the cloud, you don't own anything. You already signed it away.

Since the beginning of the internet era, it has been pretty widely accepted that when you join an online service, whatever data you put into it belongs to you.

We share no data with the government anywhere in the world.

Choosing providers is not a choice between surveillance/not; it's just choosing which feudal lord gets to spy on you.

On Amazon, you find retailers that want Amazon to do part of their services. Those, you don't find to the same degree on Google Shopping. On Google Shopping, you find sort of the bigger brands, those who want to have the customer relationship themselves - the data, the payment details, the search patterns.