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I guess this is not a surprise to anyone here. The techniques are well known and cheap. Now the question is - what can we do? We probably cannot get privacy bac
by zby 10y ago
I guess this is not a surprise to anyone here. The techniques are well known and cheap. Now the question is - what can we do? We probably cannot get privacy back when there are internet connected sensors everywhere. The data is there and governments will find a way to get it.
On the other hand it seems that for some time the world power have been becoming more and more fragile and limited: http://moisesnaim.com/books/the-end-of-power/ http://moisesnaim.com/books/the-end-of-power/. Has the tide turned now? Or maybe we are heading back to some kind of village life - where everyone knows about everyone so there are no such imbalances as we have today?
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoYes something like that. Because once sensors are connected everywhere, it isn't the government that you have to worry about. Because everybody will be able to get the data. And it will be used ruthlessly by individuals for personal gain. At least with the government, you have some hope that it will be regulated and reined in. Not so with the mafia etc.
- walrus01 10y agoWhat can we do? Get activist types to stop using Windows. That removes about 99% of the attack surface. I'd like to see the UAE successfully remote root a desktop running debian-testing amd64 and an xorg/xfce desktop. Yes, there's myriad security problems with Firefox and other things.... But every single state-paid RAT tool ivr seen is targeted at Windows. education is important too. If you can successfully trick people into running a binary you gave them with sudo (or the equivalent) all bets are off.