On 1/16/14 9:09 PM, Steve Newcomb wrote:
> On 01/16/2014 03:59 PM, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
>> Data is a perishable good, its utterly dependent on context for real
>> utility. Thus, once are (back) in control of the time varying nature of
>> our data we basically recalibrate this nasty situation.
> Alas, Kingsley, that's what I thought, too, until December 31, when I
> saw Jacob Appelbaum's 1-hour presentation of the recent Der Spiegel
> revelations -- revelations that at last were worriedly referenced by
> NYT's David Sanger and PBS's Gwen Ifill on the PBS Newshour only last
> night.
>
> Forget the internet; forget malware; the *hardware* has back doors, and
> you can't detect them. There is RFID-like technology, which, when
> suffused with sufficient microwave energy, allegedly can broadcast data
> from, and inject malware into, even offline digital devices.
> Appelbaum's entire disillusioning presentation is well worth the hour
> required to view it, but if you're pressed for time, the most
> mindblowing stuff starts at minute 57.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0w36GAyZIA
>
> So, I do not think I exaggerate when I say privacy is dead. (01)
It could die if we give up the fight, but I don't think we've lost the
fight just yet. Our biggest challenge is getting to a point where users
of networked technologies invest some interest in understanding the
digital super-information-highway code. Should we get to the
aforementioned point, it becomes a lot easier to educate legislators
about how existing laws need to evolve in alignment with technology
advances etc.. (02)
> We all have
> many illusions to abandon, and, I fear, not a whole lot of time to adapt
> our cultures to the new modalities of power before the inevitable
> corruption makes orderly adaptation even harder. (03)
Yep!! (04)
Kingsley
>
>
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