The technology that connects us has revolutionized the world over the past decade, at times moving faster than we could keep up with—and some say the decade's most significant development in tech was its unintended consequences.
, for instance, to advertise to people," Scoble said."I didn't even think about that, and I don't think most people thought about that.". In the lead-up to the 2016 presidential elections, the since-dissolved data firm Cambridge Analytica allegedly improperly accessed the personal data of 87 million Facebook users through a third-party quiz app. A
The past decade brought the promise of an “internet of everything" prognosticated in the 2000s, to full realization. Since then, everything from smartphones to TVs to more mundane items like barbecue grills and garden sprinklers have become available as internet-connected nodes. Joel Santo Domingo, a longtime technology reporter who is currently a senior staff writer for The Wirecutter's technology guides, said the biggest change since 2009 is that we are"always reachable now" and no matter where you go, a majority of people are glued to their phones.
In this June 12, 2019, file photo, passengers waiting for their flight to board sit in the terminal and use their smartphones at Denver International Airport in Denver. "Ten years ago, nobody would have talked about social responsibility," Scoble said."If there is anybody in Silicon Valley that doesn't think there is regulation coming for these things, I think that's not a rational thinking pattern."
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