Chris Dancy recently tweeted, “We don’t have a privacy problem with data we have a conveniency problem with data.” How true. We live in a day and age when we have become more desensitized to how our data is used to make our lives just a little more convenient. Earlier this week, Wired also published a great story on Disney’s MagicBand. Colleagues at work have described first hand how convenient the Disney MagicBand made their trip by allowing for things like unlocking your door at a Disney Resort hotel room, entering theme and water parks, checking in at FastPass+ entrances, connecting Disney PhotoPass images to your account and even charging food and merchandise purchases to your Disney Resort hotel room. Convenience?
It’s delightful, and it took hold faster than the goosebumps could. The utility seems so obvious, your consent has simply been assumed.