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Your sense of privacy evolved over millennia – that puts you at risk today but could improve technology tomorrow

  • Written by Laura Brandimarte, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems, University of Arizona
Your sense of privacy evolved over millennia – that puts you at risk today but could improve technology tomorrowPeople are good at avoiding prying eyes, but avoiding online snoops – not so much.Donald Iain Smith/Moment via Getty Images

Many people think of privacy as a modern invention, an anomaly made possible by the rise of urbanization. If that were the case, then acquiescing to the current erosion of privacy might not be particularly alarming.

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