Social media, data, cost and identity Milestones - it is all getting faster
Price of a Gigabyte
1981 = $300,000,
1987 = $50,000,
1990 = $10,000,
1994 = $1000,
1997 = $100,
2004 = $1,
2010 = $0.10
Time to download a GB
1981 = 331days
1987 = 83d
1994 = 83hours
2000 = 43h
2004 = 11h
2007 = 3h
2010 = 1h
Time to reach 1m followers
25 hours and 17 minutes
Main infographic from Edelman
Time to steal your identity
1800 - no identity to seal
1900 - 7 days, hand forged
2000 - seconds !
2100 - no identity to seal !