How to wrest control of our data from spies and their networks #FT
How to wrest control of our data from spies and their networks #FT
http://gu.com/p/3qf44
Excellent article, particularly the 'analogue mindsets' point.
I think it's important to distinguish between:
Private Corps & Govs.
I.e. with Google we make an agreement & they provide excellent tools/dashboards to enable us to control & manage (to an extent) that relationship & the information we disclose. This transparency & operation within the law provides us with the ability to judge the 'cost vs utility provided' & whether to use the service.
Of course other companies don't live up to Google's standards (transparency, user control) OR provide such great value (e.g. Google Now, personalised search) & are not as worthy of our trust.
Govt agencies covertly recording information without meaningful oversight & control by parliament is an entirely different scale of problem.
There's no dashboard, transparency or opt-outs.
Without Snowden we wouldn't have had a clue.
Govts can deprive us of our liberty.
http://gu.com/p/3qf44
http://gu.com/p/3qf44
Excellent article, particularly the 'analogue mindsets' point.
I think it's important to distinguish between:
Private Corps & Govs.
I.e. with Google we make an agreement & they provide excellent tools/dashboards to enable us to control & manage (to an extent) that relationship & the information we disclose. This transparency & operation within the law provides us with the ability to judge the 'cost vs utility provided' & whether to use the service.
Of course other companies don't live up to Google's standards (transparency, user control) OR provide such great value (e.g. Google Now, personalised search) & are not as worthy of our trust.
Govt agencies covertly recording information without meaningful oversight & control by parliament is an entirely different scale of problem.
There's no dashboard, transparency or opt-outs.
Without Snowden we wouldn't have had a clue.
Govts can deprive us of our liberty.
http://gu.com/p/3qf44
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