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I wonder if even highly computer literate users can grasp the scale of overt and covert information leakage that takes place when we connect a machine to an alw
by gjkood 10y ago
I wonder if even highly computer literate users can grasp the scale of overt and covert information leakage that takes place when we connect a machine to an always on internet connection.
Now with the advent of IoT and other always listening voice activated services the scale of this leakage is only growing bigger.
The typical computer or phone user is ready and willing to give up their privacy to get a small discount or save a few bucks here and there.
I wonder how many of Comcast's customers are aware that Comcast is running public Wifi services through their cable modems in their homes.
In the wake of Snowden's revelations, it makes sense that we pay heed to Stallman's seemingly paranoid utterings.
Facebook is just one among many information gatherers that we are feeding daily either willingly or unwittingly.
“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22
- Sylos 10y ago> I wonder if even highly computer literate users can grasp the scale of overt and covert information leakage that takes place when we connect a machine to an always on internet connection. Nah, not a chance. I mean, maybe if you're running a lightweight Linux distro and don't ever open a browser, then you might be able to grasp it, but what your average consumer device and your average webpages send out, should be well beyond what can be understood by any single human. That is not least also caused by the fact that at this point, data does not have an expiration date. For all we know, someone might be able to get data about your sleeping schedule in 500 years, still, or I don't know, jail your great-grandson when Hitler then finally does make a return, because you once talked to a Jewish girl.