I share your concern. But the research, adn the data mining technology, are going to progress forward whether we like it or not.

I push hard for openness and transparency — it\’s good that researchers can tell us what is currently possible and impossible, and it\’s a good thing when companies are open about their data collection and privacy practices. We\’re better off having this all out in the open than the know-how and the data in the hands of a select few.