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1) A government collects and stores all location data about the citizens of another country. 2) Citizen of another country attains a powerful position in busine
by pradn 8y ago
1) A government collects and stores all location data about the citizens of another country.
2) Citizen of another country attains a powerful position in business, politics, etc.
3) Use data from years ago to extort, blackmail, influence, etc.
The internet and smartphones have been around for long enough for this to be a reality for today's leaders.
Adversarial foreign governments could choose to exercise surveillance and storage power over citizens of another country. That's one of many reasons why access to location data should be locked up tightly.
The analogy with Achilles doesn't hold up because it is possible to act at a distance in today's connected world.
- magduf 8y ago>1) A government collects and stores all location data about the citizens of another country. 2) Citizen of another country attains a powerful position in business, politics, etc. 3) Use data from years ago to extort, blackmail, influence, etc. So if you're Jeff Bezos, you might have a problem. For the rest of us who aren't Jeff Bezos, it isn't a problem. Tell me why I should care about security threats to the richest person in the world? There's far more pressing things to worry about than protecting the ultra-rich.
- pradn 8y agoYou don't have to be Jeff Bezos. What if you're an SRE at a company with access to sensitive data (pretty much any internet company)? Imagine if a significant part of the leadership class of a society is under this sort of a threat. It can turn into a systemic issue.
- XorNot 8y agoBlackmail over what? I'm deeply curious what non-public information you think could be used to blackmail someone that wouldn't be actual evidence of wrongdoing which due to the nature of the position would in fact be public interest?
- dboreham 8y agoAffairs? Sexual orientation?
- tonyarkles 8y agoSome examples off the top of my head: - Going to a gay bar - Going to an STD clinic - Going to a therapist’s office (mental health unfortunately has stigma attached to it) - Going to a legal cannabis store (I’m Canadian) - Going in a date with someone who, years later, does something terrible These are all completely innocent things that someone may still want to keep to themselves, and which could be used to put together a negative campaign against someone in the public eye.