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> A society is not going to backstop the lack of a virtuous government by regressing its technological resources. Prioritizing privacy would not be a regressio
by teakettle42 4y ago
> A society is not going to backstop the lack of a virtuous government by regressing its technological resources.
Prioritizing privacy would not be a regression.
The regression was the constant erosion of privacy and ownership in pursuit of consolidating power and wealth.
> The right solution is to insist on a virtuous government and wield all power necessary to cause that to exist.
Virtuous government is a lot harder to achieve when we’ve made it easy to be anything but.
- shadowgovt 4y agoA court subpoena to Google for my calendar to figure out if I'm planning a trip out of town, or my Maps data to see if I've gone to an abortion clinic, is something that Google could choose to honor given the authority of the demaning court. That possibility doesn't imply they should do away with offering Calendar, or with providing Map history; that's a feature the user takes advantage of to figure out where they've been (you'd be surprised how often I use that). The solution isn't to stop offering features; it's to fix the bad law.
- teakettle42 4y agoNone of those features require a cloud vendor with access to your calendar data or Map history. The solution isn’t to pretend abusive data collection is safe if the only thing protecting against misuse is one law. The solution is to stop abusive data collection from occurring in the first place.
- shadowgovt 4y agoWhat is the alternative to a cloud vendor having access to that data that provides me with - zero user setup beyond creating an account - data portability across devices, including mobile and desktop - zero maintenance burden on the part of the user?