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> It's About Power, Not Just Privacy Surveillance is never just about privacy. It has always been, still is, and always will be about power. It doesn't matter
by kijin 12y ago
> It's About Power, Not Just Privacy
Surveillance is never just about privacy. It has always been, still is, and always will be about power. It doesn't matter whether it's Big Bro or your ex-boyfriend who is surveilling you. They have exactly as much power over you as they know about your life.
Equality of power is only possible when all parties know roughly the same amount about one another.
- vonklaus 12y agoI listened to this on air today. Man was it disheartening. These conpanies make you check a box that says "I won't use this for domestic spying", I think thats it. Above it is noted some mods are required, but a controlling person can easily gain access to the phone. Physical security is a major flaw, especially for someone you trust. You can turn on the microphone, listen in on calls, block people from calling the phone, and even download an manage the stolen ip on a handy dashboard. Pretty appalling.
- girvo 12y agoPhysical access to anything pretty much means game over, at least for consumer electronics. Thats one of the prices we pay for convenience and useful features. I wonder if it can be changed?
- eru 12y agoChromebooks are relatively hard to get control off. Physical access makes it possible, of course, but you still need to do more than just install an app.
- amirmc 12y agoThis is why the 'nothing to hide' argument irks me so much. It implicitly accepts the asymmetry. If everyone had equal information, then it would be a very different environment.
- kijin 12y agoYeah, the "nothing to hide" mentality really boils down to "I'm okay with letting other people have all sorts of power over me." The usual assumption is that those other people will not exercise their power in unpleasant ways, even when you are completely at their mercy. It's slave mentality at its finest. The Founding Fathers would have been ashamed.