Protecting privacy is a losing game today (2018)
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Protecting privacy is a losing game today (2018)
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Re: Protecting privacy is a losing game today (2018)
#2A defeatist piece. If you're determined and have initiative you can achieve a lot. If you depend on the legislators in society, like this author, you may indeed be doomed. But you don't need to be.
The good thing is that with defensive measures you can stop much of it. With retroveillance you may even be able to strike back from time to time.
Re: Protecting privacy is a losing game today (2018)
#3Privacy isn't dead if you don't want it to be.
Re: Protecting privacy is a losing game today (2018)
#4One idea would be a "Privacy Bastion" business that proxies transactions for people.
Maybe I'm authenticated with several, and distribute transactions across them.
When they get hacked, I'm jacked, but still.
Re: Protecting privacy is a losing game today (2018)
#5A defeatist piece. If you're determined and have initiative you can achieve a lot. If you depend on the legislators in society, like this author, you may indeed be doomed. But you don't need to be. The good thing is that with defensive measures you can stop much of it. With retroveillance you may even be able to strike back from time to time.
> retroveillance
This is the first time I have seen this term, could you explain exactly what you mean by it?
Re: Protecting privacy is a losing game today (2018)
#6Missing from title: " - and how to change the game".
Re: Protecting privacy is a losing game today (2018)
#7One idea would be a "Privacy Bastion" business that proxies transactions for people. Maybe I'm authenticated with several, and distribute transactions across them. When they get hacked, I'm jacked, but still.
I'm not sure how one could end up trusting such organizations besides "just taking their word for it".. also this system sounds more flawed than what you could do with cryptocurrencies?
Re: Protecting privacy is a losing game today (2018)
#8A defeatist piece. If you're determined and have initiative you can achieve a lot. If you depend on the legislators in society, like this author, you may indeed be doomed. But you don't need to be. The good thing is that with defensive measures you can stop much of it. With retroveillance you may even be able to strike back from time to time.
Depending on the legislators is what most people have to do since not everyone has the time to focus on their privacy - The price of giving up privacy isn't so much that they should focus on it instead of leisure in the few daily hours of free time afforded by the other parts of their life (and sometimes they're directly compensated, eg. ad-supported hulu costing less than ad-free).
Yes, you can fight for your privacy, but good luck fighting for other people's privacy (what they mean by 'protecting privacy').
Re: Protecting privacy is a losing game today (2018)
#9One idea would be a "Privacy Bastion" business that proxies transactions for people. Maybe I'm authenticated with several, and distribute transactions across them. When they get hacked, I'm jacked, but still.
I'm not sure how one could end up trusting such organizations besides "just taking their word for it".. also this system sounds more flawed than what you could do with cryptocurrencies?
> I'm not sure how one could end up trusting such organizations besides "just taking their word for it"
A legally binding contract with sufficiently punitive clauses. It's a solved problem for people who care about privacy/secrecy. Have you ever worked with highly proprietary or secret data/code in a professional context?
> also this system sounds more flawed than what you could do with cryptocurrencies?
I have no idea how cryptocurrencies are supposed to help with things like location privacy. Maybe it's suposed to help with the privacy of financial transactions? But I can already buy shit with a combo of cash and visa gift cards purchased in cash; not anonymously, due to cameras everywhere, but again, not sure how crypto is supposed to help.
Re: Protecting privacy is a losing game today (2018)
#10A defeatist piece. If you're determined and have initiative you can achieve a lot. If you depend on the legislators in society, like this author, you may indeed be doomed. But you don't need to be. The good thing is that with defensive measures you can stop much of it. With retroveillance you may even be able to strike back from time to time.
Depending on the legislators is what most people have to do since not everyone has the time to focus on their privacy - The price of giving up privacy isn't so much that they should focus on it instead of leisure in the few daily hours of free time afforded by the other parts of their life (and sometimes they're directly compensated, eg. ad-supported hulu costing less than ad-free). Yes, you can fight for your privac…
> Depending on the legislators is what most people have to do since not everyone has the time to focus on their privacy…
Not to mention the knowledge. The "everyone for themselves" approach doesn't address the actual problem, which is why it's important to think about this issue beyond our own personal networks and defensive capabilities.