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>To be fair, what are our options, exactly? This is key. This is how citizens will lose their expectation to privacy. I fear that in the near future there will
by x2f10 8y ago
>To be fair, what are our options, exactly?
This is key. This is how citizens will lose their expectation to privacy. I fear that in the near future there will be no 'safe' option and you will be forced to forfeit your privacy rights to participate in the digital world.
- kakarot 8y agoMobile will become as essential as internet in general has become to participate in larger society. I see it starting at the bottom. Tired of being tracked and trapped inside class barriers, the homeless and destitute will be the first to adopt extreme privacy-oriented protocols such as regularly cycling burner phones, using mobile VPNs, stripped-out GPS modules, and anonymous software such as Signal but which don't rely on phone numbers as identifiers. The poor will stop using phone numbers altogether. Perhaps charity services will exist which help aid this transition. It will also start from the top, as we already see high-level CEOs using encrypted messaging and privacy-oriented protocols. They will see the obvious need for such services. The overwhelming majority, the middle class, will be the last to adopt such practices and take back control of their privacy.