You might be forgiven for asking… but you’ll be even more surprised by my answer: somebody has to blow the whistle on these guys. And I guess that’s me.

Of course, our clients don’t fit the bill of those I am attacking. If they did, we wouldn’t do work for them. But there sure are tens-of-thousands of others out there that do.

Who are these website operators that I am about to rail against? They are the people who stole your civil liberties.

While you, and I, and the rest of America, have been worrying about Stephen Colbert’s testimony before a House committee, Glenn Beck's latest tirade, Al Gore’s divorce, how much weight Snooki is losing, what the next snarky comment will be that Eli Johnson makes about Sarah Palin, why gays can’t ask and shouldn’t tell, how come Christine O’Donnell didn't get elected, and all the rest of that worthless crap that occupies all of our time, corporate America sneaked in and stole all of our privacy... including yours.

Yes, yours.

Worse, they did it with impunity, and could care less what you think of the whole issue.

None of the online social network sites, search engines, eCommerce sites, telecoms, smart phone manufacturers, or cable companies care a whit about your privacy, or your view on it.

They don’t now, they didn’t back then, they never have, and they never will. And you… yes all of you, just sit there and take it.

Why?

If it was the government snooping into your life like these villains are doing, you would rise up in arms and form another political party. Maybe instead of a benign tea party, this one would be called the pitchfork carrying anarchist led ready to burn Congress down party, or something like that. But you don’t have to worry about Uncle Sam snooping on you, do you? No, not at all. Because there’s a law that stops them. It’s called the Constitution.  

But that’s not the case with big business. There are no laws to stop big business from compiling a dossier on you regarding every interaction you have with them, and then sharing it with whomever they want, until eventually all of the data everyone has on you makes it into the public domain, where an even more clever company can compile it into an even bigger dossier that tells not only of your whole life, but what you did with it during nearly every minute of your modern day existence.

Just How Bad Is It?

Got kids? Did you know that if your, say, daughter, has a smart phone, someone is already compiling a dossier on her every move? Who she talks to? When? For how long? Where she is when she talks to them? What route she takes when coming home from school? Where you live? Who she visits? How long she stays there?

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