Collaboration is tricky

Bruce Schneier's article about opposition to Facebook news feeds tells the story of how Face book introduced a new feature to automatically log changes in feeds -- and the masses were not happy.

It's one thing to know intellectually that the kind of privacy folks could enjoy in the twentieth century is pretty much gone if you want to participate in 21st century society. It's another to realize that what a wrenching transition it will be as various technological forces inexorably chip away at the masks we present to the world. Increasingly, strangers and co-workers will be able to google our secrets.