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The author, according to the bio-data on the piece, is "the Founder/CEO of Digital Barriers—developing advanced surveillance solutions for defence, national sec

The author, according to the bio-data on the piece, is "the Founder/CEO of Digital Barriers—developing advanced surveillance solutions for defence, national security and counter-terrorism. " It's ironic that he is lecturing us on privacy matters while developing surveillance solution at the same time.

abdullahkhalids 6y ago
I sense that I am confused [1]. What is a plausible explanation for this person writing this article? [1] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/5JDkW4MYXit2CquLs/your-strength-as-a-rationalist https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/5JDkW4MYXit2CquLs/your-stren...
- afrcnc 6y ago
  By the number of articles he publishes, I'd say that's a company without any type of actual business activity. If the CEO is spending more time blogging in Forbes than working, than that speaks volumes.
- dbt00 6y ago
  Raising his company's profile. It's not that many articles (5 since December 19th, 4 of them about facebook privacy and iphone). Most likely theory: having someone ghostwrite them from his technical marketing department (in response to a prompt from him). Second most likely theory: He's doesn't have a lot of day to day work.
- Veen 6y ago
  He's a Forbes Contributor, which means he writes for them without being paid or being subject to pre-publication editing. It's widely used by executives to display their "thought leadership" to promote their business. They're also often ghost-written. So, to answer your question: he's writing about this because he wants to and because he thinks it will help him to gain exposure with an audience who might hire him or his business.
nojito 6y ago
Aren't they the best people to learn how to be private because it's their jobs to break privacy?
Veen 6y ago
He also needs a lesson on not "burying the lede". He doesn't get to why Apple is beating WhatsApp (privacy labels) until almost 800 words in .
isbvhodnvemrwvn 6y ago
And Forbes is DEFINITELY not GDPR compliant with their cookie preferences: - denying non-essential cookies is harder than agreeing with them - they bundle analytics cookies with basic features (such as login) - if you submit your preferences there is fake timer which "submits your preferences" for a few minutes

abdullahkhalids 6y ago

I sense that I am confused [1]. What is a plausible explanation for this person writing this article? [1] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/5JDkW4MYXit2CquLs/your-strength-as-a-rationalist https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/5JDkW4MYXit2CquLs/your-stren...

afrcnc 6y ago
By the number of articles he publishes, I'd say that's a company without any type of actual business activity. If the CEO is spending more time blogging in Forbes than working, than that speaks volumes.
dbt00 6y ago
Raising his company's profile. It's not that many articles (5 since December 19th, 4 of them about facebook privacy and iphone). Most likely theory: having someone ghostwrite them from his technical marketing department (in response to a prompt from him). Second most likely theory: He's doesn't have a lot of day to day work.
Veen 6y ago
He's a Forbes Contributor, which means he writes for them without being paid or being subject to pre-publication editing. It's widely used by executives to display their "thought leadership" to promote their business. They're also often ghost-written. So, to answer your question: he's writing about this because he wants to and because he thinks it will help him to gain exposure with an audience who might hire him or his business.

nojito 6y ago

Aren't they the best people to learn how to be private because it's their jobs to break privacy?

Veen 6y ago

He also needs a lesson on not "burying the lede". He doesn't get to why Apple is beating WhatsApp (privacy labels) until almost 800 words in .

isbvhodnvemrwvn 6y ago

And Forbes is DEFINITELY not GDPR compliant with their cookie preferences: - denying non-essential cookies is harder than agreeing with them - they bundle analytics cookies with basic features (such as login) - if you submit your preferences there is fake timer which "submits your preferences" for a few minutes