# Professor Robert Seamans shares his thoughts on new research on digital privacy

1 Faculty News October 13, 2017 ![Forbes logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030508.jpg?itok=SId6k3bx)>

Excerpt from [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/washingtonbytes/2017/10/13/a-slice-of-pizza-for-your-most-intimate-secrets-how-much-or-little-we-value-our-digital-privacy/#7e71422f8147) -- "Seems to me \[the state of digital privacy\] benefits entrants—it is easy to get customer data. A digital start up needs data. They can get good data on MIT students, at least, by giving away pizza."

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