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> The less sensitive information on me that is centralized, the better for my privacy and security This is interesting. I don't agree or disagree with it; I'm
by gglitch 9y ago
> The less sensitive information on me that is centralized, the better for my privacy and security
This is interesting. I don't agree or disagree with it; I'm not informed enough to stake a position. But as a thought experiment, if we took it as given that any information a given entity tried to keep secure will eventually be revealed publicly, what kind of security infrastructure would we end up with?
- Kalium 9y agoA highly de-centralized one, with information joined together across services only after authentication, authorization, and a lot of artificial identifiers. Or at least, in a context where the people driving product decisions place a high priority on security. In reality, we're in the world you hypothecate right now. Centralization is really convenient for a lot of uses, and security advocates are rarely in a position to impose the kind of privacy controls the rest of us might like. And the average people who buy services LOVE the convenience enabled by centralization - until there's a breach, and they disapprove for a few days.