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I would take a pessimistic view on #8: > Mass surveillance by governments and corporations will become normal and expected this decade and people will increasi

I would take a pessimistic view on #8: > Mass surveillance by governments and corporations will become normal and expected this decade and people will increasingly turn to new products and services to protect themselves from surveillance. The biggest consumer technology successes of this decade will be in the area of privacy. I'd take this a step further and fear that not only will it become the norm, even making use of privacy tech and devices will be viewed with suspicion or may even serve as barriers towards getting access to various societal instruments.

ohazi 7y ago
WTF, the products and services are the surveillance...
matt_kantor 7y ago
> making use of privacy tech and devices will ... serve as barriers towards getting access to various societal instruments This already happens. For example, in the US good credit is often necessary to rent an apartment, open a bank account, get insurance, or even land a job. In order to maintain "good credit", one needs to make sure their financial activity is reported to the bureaus. If you do everything using more-private cash or debit transactions you lose out.
- sroussey 7y ago
  Yes, but... Some things you want as a signal and some things you don’t. Paying rent on time should be a signal, but often is not. Going to a cancer clinic may not be a signal you want, but already is exploited. Nuance is needed. Lots of small but important decisions to be made. Sounds like a product to me.
TACIXAT 7y ago
Yea, I really think this one will be the opposite. Surveillance will increase and people will not do anything about it. People cannot effectively deal with online surveillance, what happens when that intensifies in the physical space? We are so far behind on this front that I do not believe we can catch up. I hope so though, it would be beautiful if Open Whisper Systems was the next unicorn.

ohazi 7y ago

WTF, the products and services are the surveillance...

matt_kantor 7y ago

> making use of privacy tech and devices will ... serve as barriers towards getting access to various societal instruments This already happens. For example, in the US good credit is often necessary to rent an apartment, open a bank account, get insurance, or even land a job. In order to maintain "good credit", one needs to make sure their financial activity is reported to the bureaus. If you do everything using more-private cash or debit transactions you lose out.

sroussey 7y ago
Yes, but... Some things you want as a signal and some things you don’t. Paying rent on time should be a signal, but often is not. Going to a cancer clinic may not be a signal you want, but already is exploited. Nuance is needed. Lots of small but important decisions to be made. Sounds like a product to me.

TACIXAT 7y ago

Yea, I really think this one will be the opposite. Surveillance will increase and people will not do anything about it. People cannot effectively deal with online surveillance, what happens when that intensifies in the physical space? We are so far behind on this front that I do not believe we can catch up. I hope so though, it would be beautiful if Open Whisper Systems was the next unicorn.