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It is amazing to see privacy issues all over these predictions. You have predictions of consumers owning their own data and services with anonymization as a val

It is amazing to see privacy issues all over these predictions. You have predictions of consumers owning their own data and services with anonymization as a value proposition but also the intrinsic value of product data, and the proliferation of drones, IoT devices and the growth of the quantified self movement. Privacy is clearly moving from a struggle to remain anonymous from the powers that be to a real business opportunity.

hagbardgroup 12y ago
I think it's more that various powers that be want protection from other powers that be, and thar be profit opportunities in providing that protection. The consumer follows that trend as real material consequences impact individuals and receive press coverage. The average consumer understands when they have to switch out their credit cards repeatedly due to theft. Gamers understand when a kid gets sent to prison for trash-talking someone on Facebook. When the IRS uses Facebook postings to augment their audits, or local prosecutors pull your accounts to convict you for something, then the need for privacy becomes more obvious. Privacy is the necessary antecedent to security. It's funny that almost every other poll option points towards increasing totalitarian control and lesser security for everyone. It looks like tech in general is trying to frogmarch new developments before they can be properly secured -- cobbling together networks that are fragile to pillage, like building un-walled cities in Genghis Khan's grazing grounds.
cinquemb 12y ago
Business opportunities abound is no doubt, but I'll quote John Young over at cryptome from his interview back in 2010[0]: "We also say don't trust anyone who offers you protection, whether it's the U.S. government or anybody else. That's a story they put out. It's repeated to people who are a little nervous. They think they can always find someone to protect them. No, you can't. You've got to protect yourself. You know where I learned that? From the cypherpunks." So whenever I see snapchat and the like being peddled as such, I have chuckle because shows me the banality of privacy as a service[1]. I'll reserve any hope for anything otherwise when the behaviors of people reflect such ideals they want others to live by. [0]: http://www.cnet.com/news/wikileaks-estranged-co-founder-becomes-a-critic-q-a/ http://www.cnet.com/news/wikileaks-estranged-co-founder-beco... [1]: http://blog.pictobar.com/post/63785124046/the-banality-of-privacy-as-a-service http://blog.pictobar.com/post/63785124046/the-banality-of-pr...

hagbardgroup 12y ago

I think it's more that various powers that be want protection from other powers that be, and thar be profit opportunities in providing that protection. The consumer follows that trend as real material consequences impact individuals and receive press coverage. The average consumer understands when they have to switch out their credit cards repeatedly due to theft. Gamers understand when a kid gets sent to prison for trash-talking someone on Facebook. When the IRS uses Facebook postings to augment their audits, or local prosecutors pull your accounts to convict you for something, then the need for privacy becomes more obvious. Privacy is the necessary antecedent to security. It's funny that almost every other poll option points towards increasing totalitarian control and lesser security for everyone. It looks like tech in general is trying to frogmarch new developments before they can be properly secured -- cobbling together networks that are fragile to pillage, like building un-walled cities in Genghis Khan's grazing grounds.

cinquemb 12y ago

Business opportunities abound is no doubt, but I'll quote John Young over at cryptome from his interview back in 2010[0]: "We also say don't trust anyone who offers you protection, whether it's the U.S. government or anybody else. That's a story they put out. It's repeated to people who are a little nervous. They think they can always find someone to protect them. No, you can't. You've got to protect yourself. You know where I learned that? From the cypherpunks." So whenever I see snapchat and the like being peddled as such, I have chuckle because shows me the banality of privacy as a service[1]. I'll reserve any hope for anything otherwise when the behaviors of people reflect such ideals they want others to live by. [0]: http://www.cnet.com/news/wikileaks-estranged-co-founder-becomes-a-critic-q-a/ http://www.cnet.com/news/wikileaks-estranged-co-founder-beco... [1]: http://blog.pictobar.com/post/63785124046/the-banality-of-privacy-as-a-service http://blog.pictobar.com/post/63785124046/the-banality-of-pr...