Privacy is nearly dead, but we're not even close to getting over it. You know the type: the profilers and data harvesters, the location-stealers. Big data empire builders who maintain hundreds of millions of profiles - then leave them around to copy.

Portugal forged a massive trading empire. It was an incredible achievement for a small country that had a modest population. In this first part, we review the initial stages where Portuguese sailors and explorers launched themselves into the unknown.