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In the past I've felt cynical about these sorts of issues. Recently I went to Hackers on Planet Earth, a hacktivist conference, and left it with a sense of opti
by SlyShy 14y ago
In the past I've felt cynical about these sorts of issues. Recently I went to Hackers on Planet Earth, a hacktivist conference, and left it with a sense of optimism: there are very, very smart people working on protecting our privacy, and recently their efforts are starting to come to fruition.
- bprater 14y agoPerhaps. But the smart people working on these problems are very different than the politicians who make choices on how things will operate.
- wheelerwj 14y agotoo little to late. We could take all the smart people and fund their work and give them minions for years and we would never get back what we have already lost.
- Ralith 14y agoBut we might just manage to keep some of what we still have.