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I agree with everything but your final two paragraphs; I suspect that a government-mandated solution would be horrible in all sorts of ways (poor security, a ma
by wtbob 10y ago
I agree with everything but your final two paragraphs; I suspect that a government-mandated solution would be horrible in all sorts of ways (poor security, a mandated backdoor &c.).
My hope is that the propellerheads in those companies are able to figure out a way to sneak this killer feature past their respective marketing people.
- cs702 10y agoGovernment-mandated solutions can take many forms, some of which are less intrusive and/or more reasonable than others. For example, if you live in the US, you are legally required by the government to drive on the right side of the road (to avoid the chaos of the past, when each US city and state had different driving rules), and you are also legally required to buy car insurance (to make sure irresponsible drivers who cause more accidents don't get a free ride from responsible drivers). I think most people would agree these are reasonable government solutions that are not too intrusive. Perhaps it might be possible to come up with reasonable "rules of the road" that are not too intrusive and which the government can enforce so all of us -- all of society -- can easily share data between applications and platforms?
- reitanqild 10y agoFor all its warts governments seems to be mostly good. It seems however they should however be balanced by a powerful population.