Yes, there’s a danger of the government going full big brother. It could be due to a real crisis of some kind, or one concocted for the purpose by people of the mindset “Never let a crisis go to waste”.
The article gets it wrong though; the answer is not laws of the kind proposed – because in a crisis laws get tossed out the window. The answer is to address the cause; the risk is created by the existence of the data.
So, the answer is very simple; ban collection of data from people who do not explicitly opt-in. Basically, end the data-driven disease of corporate spying.
In the meantime, just say No! to the “internet of things” and related security/privacy breeches (Connected cars, most smartphones, etc etc.). If you need to use any Goggle product, at all, treat it like a virus; contain it (I use a virtual machine for this). Only feed it false information. Never give it your real name, or anything at all real. Same goes for any other data-driven company.
Yes, there’s a danger of the government going full big brother. It could be due to a real crisis of some kind, or one concocted for the purpose by people of the mindset “Never let a crisis go to waste”.
The article gets it wrong though; the answer is not laws of the kind proposed – because in a crisis laws get tossed out the window. The answer is to address the cause; the risk is created by the existence of the data.
So, the answer is very simple; ban collection of data from people who do not explicitly opt-in. Basically, end the data-driven disease of corporate spying.
In the meantime, just say No! to the “internet of things” and related security/privacy breeches (Connected cars, most smartphones, etc etc.). If you need to use any Goggle product, at all, treat it like a virus; contain it (I use a virtual machine for this). Only feed it false information. Never give it your real name, or anything at all real. Same goes for any other data-driven company.