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Regarding this statement, > "There could be an alliance between authoritarian states and these large, data-rich IT monopolies that would bring together nascent
by dbmikus 9y ago
Regarding this statement,
> "There could be an alliance between authoritarian states and these large, data-rich IT monopolies that would bring together nascent systems of corporate surveillance with an already developed system of state-sponsored surveillance," he said. "This may well result in a web of totalitarian control the likes of which not even Aldous Huxley or George Orwell could have imagined."
It's possible, but the big US companies seem to have good intent. I'd be more wary of big China tech for totalitarian control over information presented to users and their interaction with the tech systems.
Having multiple giants with competing interests might help to combat the risk that one of them turns to this.
- blacksmith_tb 9y agoWell, China already has pretty much the kind of collusion/cooperation being suggested there - you'd want to be more than wary if you were in the PRC. I am skeptical about the good intentions of US companies, but at least they tend to want to make money off you, not see you imprisoned.
- dbmikus 9y agoI agree with you. I'm arguing that if Chinese companies are colluding with the PRC, then having other international companies that provide those services would provide options to choose ones that are not purposefully misleading their users. I think that customers have at least enough of a preference for transparency that if one option got too restrictive, they would switch to another global provider of such tech.
- liberte82 9y agoWhat if it happens without us knowing? As the Snowden revelations showed, tech companies are facing massive pressure to provide customer data without our knowledge. None of that has gone away.