Sunday, April 24. 2011
If a phone tracks you in the forest, does it makes a noise?
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Uh... a "if you're a law-abiding citizen, you have nothing to hide" speech? Seriously? Would you like a camera in your bedroom, and your bathroom too, while we're at it? And what if you're doing illegal things involving... I don't know... planning to overthrow a dictatorship in your country? Surely if it's illegal it must be also wrong!
But this argument has been done to death before. Let's see about your comparisons.
My browser tracks websites visits with my knowledge and express permission. And if I tell it to forget where I've been (or not remember in the first place), it does. This tracking also helps me while it's enabled -- that's the whole point. It's not something the vendor does behind my back for their own benefit and nobody else's.
E-book readers -- good point, and one more reason not to use one.
My telco tracks my every movement, yes -- and that just caused a huge privacy scandal in Germany, at the very top. I guess that German MP should learn not to worry instead? But at least that information is well-protected on their servers, where only a court order can get at it, as opposed to J. Random Guy who stumbles upon my lost cellphone, as it's possible when the device itself tracks me.
Look, any living being is in almost-constant danger since the moment it's born. The world is not a safe, stable place and never has been. But the answer is not to stop worrying. If it was, humans would still live in caves. Instead, we did something about it.
Time to do something about the current problems, too. And the first step for solving them is to make a big fuss and get everyone involved. The alternative is to sleep-walk into Orwell's 1984, and that would be really, really hard to get out of.
But this argument has been done to death before. Let's see about your comparisons.
My browser tracks websites visits with my knowledge and express permission. And if I tell it to forget where I've been (or not remember in the first place), it does. This tracking also helps me while it's enabled -- that's the whole point. It's not something the vendor does behind my back for their own benefit and nobody else's.
E-book readers -- good point, and one more reason not to use one.
My telco tracks my every movement, yes -- and that just caused a huge privacy scandal in Germany, at the very top. I guess that German MP should learn not to worry instead? But at least that information is well-protected on their servers, where only a court order can get at it, as opposed to J. Random Guy who stumbles upon my lost cellphone, as it's possible when the device itself tracks me.
Look, any living being is in almost-constant danger since the moment it's born. The world is not a safe, stable place and never has been. But the answer is not to stop worrying. If it was, humans would still live in caves. Instead, we did something about it.
Time to do something about the current problems, too. And the first step for solving them is to make a big fuss and get everyone involved. The alternative is to sleep-walk into Orwell's 1984, and that would be really, really hard to get out of.
You've clearly missed most of my points, I'm sorry for that.
I'm not saying any of this stuff is right, I wish it wasn't, but at the same time, it's the reality of what we have to live with.
My browser tracks websites visits with my knowledge and express permission. And if I tell it to forget where I've been (or not remember in the first place), it does. This tracking also helps me while it's enabled -- that's the whole point. It's not something the vendor does behind my back for their own benefit and nobody else's.
I'm not talking about your browser, I'm talking about the Internet as a whole. It doesn't matter what you do on the client side, you're being tracked on the server side. They know who you are, you're fooling yourself if you think they don't.
My telco tracks my every movement, yes -- and that just caused a huge privacy scandal in Germany, at the very top. I guess that German MP should learn not to worry instead? But at least that information is well-protected on their servers, where only a court order can get at it, as opposed to J. Random Guy who stumbles upon my lost cellphone, as it's possible when the device itself tracks me.
Such information shouldn't be on your phone, I agree completely. At the same time though, if you lose your phone, you should have taken proper steps to ensure nobody can use it. A good lock screen password and remote wipe are quite necessary.
Look, any living being is in almost-constant danger since the moment it's born. The world is not a safe, stable place and never has been. But the answer is not to stop worrying. If it was, humans would still live in caves. Instead, we did something about it.
I don't say to not worry, I say to not worry too much. You can worry ourself to death. Sometimes we have to accept reality instead of trying to fool ourselves. The current reality is that we're watched nearly 24/7. It's a sad reality, but that's the way it is. We're not in 1984, this is Brave New World.
I'm not saying any of this stuff is right, I wish it wasn't, but at the same time, it's the reality of what we have to live with.
My browser tracks websites visits with my knowledge and express permission. And if I tell it to forget where I've been (or not remember in the first place), it does. This tracking also helps me while it's enabled -- that's the whole point. It's not something the vendor does behind my back for their own benefit and nobody else's.
I'm not talking about your browser, I'm talking about the Internet as a whole. It doesn't matter what you do on the client side, you're being tracked on the server side. They know who you are, you're fooling yourself if you think they don't.
My telco tracks my every movement, yes -- and that just caused a huge privacy scandal in Germany, at the very top. I guess that German MP should learn not to worry instead? But at least that information is well-protected on their servers, where only a court order can get at it, as opposed to J. Random Guy who stumbles upon my lost cellphone, as it's possible when the device itself tracks me.
Such information shouldn't be on your phone, I agree completely. At the same time though, if you lose your phone, you should have taken proper steps to ensure nobody can use it. A good lock screen password and remote wipe are quite necessary.
Look, any living being is in almost-constant danger since the moment it's born. The world is not a safe, stable place and never has been. But the answer is not to stop worrying. If it was, humans would still live in caves. Instead, we did something about it.
I don't say to not worry, I say to not worry too much. You can worry ourself to death. Sometimes we have to accept reality instead of trying to fool ourselves. The current reality is that we're watched nearly 24/7. It's a sad reality, but that's the way it is. We're not in 1984, this is Brave New World.
You've clearly missed most of my points, I'm sorry for that.
I'm not saying any of this stuff is right, I wish it wasn't, but at the same time, it's the reality of what we have to live with.
My browser tracks websites visits with my knowledge and express permission. And if I tell it to forget where I've been (or not remember in the first place), it does. This tracking also helps me while it's enabled -- that's the whole point. It's not something the vendor does behind my back for their own benefit and nobody else's.
I'm not talking about your browser, I'm talking about the Internet as a whole. It doesn't matter what you do on the client side, you're being tracked on the server side. They know who you are, you're fooling yourself if you think they don't.
I'm not saying any of this stuff is right, I wish it wasn't, but at the same time, it's the reality of what we have to live with.
My browser tracks websites visits with my knowledge and express permission. And if I tell it to forget where I've been (or not remember in the first place), it does. This tracking also helps me while it's enabled -- that's the whole point. It's not something the vendor does behind my back for their own benefit and nobody else's.
I'm not talking about your browser, I'm talking about the Internet as a whole. It doesn't matter what you do on the client side, you're being tracked on the server side. They know who you are, you're fooling yourself if you think they don't.
Articles like this really grease the sahtfs of knowledge.
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