Comments on: Digital hit man. Digital cleaner. http://www.thedigitalbeyond.com/2009/02/digital-hit-man-digital-cleaner/ Insight into your digital afterlife Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:09:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ailec http://www.thedigitalbeyond.com/2009/02/digital-hit-man-digital-cleaner/comment-page-1/#comment-32 ailec Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:08:36 +0000 http://www.lovediesubmit.com/?p=146#comment-32 Along the same lines, what if your digital life was held ransom? How much would you (or your estate/loved ones/whoever) pay to get it back? You might say "well what about back-up copies" but same could be said about the scenario above.... so, possibly, we're talking about some Master copy? And, would there (analogous to above) be services offered to go in and rescue your Digital Life.... Could there even be a Stockholm Syndrome associated with this, but in a manner such that you (whoever) later on alters your record to show the kidnapper(s) in a more favorable light? Along the same lines, what if your digital life was held ransom? How much would you (or your estate/loved ones/whoever) pay to get it back? You might say “well what about back-up copies” but same could be said about the scenario above…. so, possibly, we’re talking about some Master copy?

And, would there (analogous to above) be services offered to go in and rescue your Digital Life….

Could there even be a Stockholm Syndrome associated with this, but in a manner such that you (whoever) later on alters your record to show the kidnapper(s) in a more favorable light?

]]> By: Todd Moy http://www.thedigitalbeyond.com/2009/02/digital-hit-man-digital-cleaner/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Todd Moy Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:54:25 +0000 http://www.lovediesubmit.com/?p=146#comment-31 Very Orwellian, with a pinch of Total Recall thrown in. One of the trends today is toward life streaming all your bits and weaving together the results using the semantic web. Right now it's rough, crudely stitched and incomplete. But I think that's just infancy stumbling around for balance and purchase. If we ever get to a point where such a substantial part of peoples' lives are streamed online - and related to other things, then removing that presence becomes insanely difficult. By deleting a lifebit, you'd probably send tomorrow's version of the 404 rippling around the web. Very Orwellian, with a pinch of Total Recall thrown in.

One of the trends today is toward life streaming all your bits and weaving together the results using the semantic web. Right now it’s rough, crudely stitched and incomplete. But I think that’s just infancy stumbling around for balance and purchase.

If we ever get to a point where such a substantial part of peoples’ lives are streamed online – and related to other things, then removing that presence becomes insanely difficult. By deleting a lifebit, you’d probably send tomorrow’s version of the 404 rippling around the web.

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