In an age where so many people are occupying youtube with videos of themselves and social media; confidentiality means living a more conducive lifestyle. It means being able to go out on a bad hair day without trending, being able to walk into a store without everyone recognizing you and being able to enjoy the simple luxury of living without judgment; privacy is its own currency.
Despite the value of privacy, society pushes us in the opposite direction and demands us to be social; making it hard for those of us who value insulation. What this activity teaches us is that creativity can be bought and sold; while exposing ourselves in the process. This can make us vulnerable to things like tracking on the internet, targeted marketing and data breeches but for some; the trade off makes it all worth while.
It becomes apparent that influence is king and so is the ability to built a brand or build a lifestyle; at any expense. What this means is that you're probably going nowhere in terms of building a residual income; if you aren't part of this momentum. Needless to say, there’s a stiff penalty for opting out of this phenomena but in order to become influential; we generally have to forego all layers of discretion.
It seems that those of us who aren’t huge social media hounds just get flushed out more forcibly these days, since our right to be left alone is currently under assault. This is due to data collection, government surveillance and the third party access to information on the web. Consequently, our protection is rarely fool proof but we can certainly take steps to reduce the chances of falling into the hands of unwanted risk.
While it's true, there are fewer places on the internet for the anonymity oriented but there are personal web sites. This reminds us that our inner world is our sanctuary; the items we own, where we are showing up at for coffee and who we are with. Sometimes our privacy is worth more than any revenue that data streaming can offer because it protects our information and freedom to exist, as something other than a quantifiable data point.