With all the worries we have over Facebook, GMail etc etc, sometimes we forget just how much privacy we&#39;ve lost in the offline/analog world. I don&#39;t hear anyone making much noise about this, but sometimes the reminders can be jarring.<div>

<a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&amp;view=att&amp;th=1265a5bc5df85f3a&amp;attid=0.1&amp;disp=attd&amp;realattid=ii_1265a5bc5df85f3a&amp;zw"></a><br></div><div>Recently I received two separate pieces of mail that somehow &quot;just knew&quot; that my partner and I are soon having a baby. It was freaky how precise marketer&#39;s targeting is, and how quickly they were able to figure it out. A first visit to the Ob/Gyn and next thing you know a company is sending us baby-food in the mail. A few weeks to the baby&#39;s due-date and Disney sends a &quot;reminder&quot; that the new baby will need to be introduced to Mickey-Mouse.</div>

<div><br></div><div>When did the loss of offline privacy become so normal? And when will the loss of online privacy also become so ordinary?</div><div><br></div><div>Here are some images:</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_1265a5b26d975508" alt="?ui=2&amp;view=att&amp;th=1265a5b26d975508&amp;attid=0.1&amp;disp=attd&amp;realattid=ii_1265a5b26d975508&amp;zw" title="?ui=2&amp;view=att&amp;th=1265a5b26d975508&amp;attid=0.1&amp;disp=attd&amp;realattid=ii_1265a5b26d975508&amp;zw" width="200" height="150"><br>

</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_1265a5bc5df85f3a" alt="?ui=2&amp;view=att&amp;th=1265a5bc5df85f3a&amp;attid=0.1&amp;disp=attd&amp;realattid=ii_1265a5bc5df85f3a&amp;zw" title="?ui=2&amp;view=att&amp;th=1265a5bc5df85f3a&amp;attid=0.1&amp;disp=attd&amp;realattid=ii_1265a5bc5df85f3a&amp;zw" width="200" height="150"><br>

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