When we started to talk about the topic of privacy, I
wasn’t really that concerned, after all I really don’t have much to hide. The first video was about electronic tattoos.
Real tattoos are permanent but electronic tattoos will live on even after I
die! The next video details local surveillance, license plate readers, the
government putting together detailed portraits of everyday people. Wow this is
getting over the top. The next video
details phone surveillance. The phone networks were wired for surveillance when
they were first made! Someone could be listening at any time, could be anyone
with hacking skills. Finally, Silicon Valley companies take a more user-friendly
approach. Text messages and Face-time are encrypted, and the government does not
have the key. The government is upset….
There is no “backdoor” as that means there is no pay to control who uses
it. Just when you think digital controls
are improving, I watch the TED talk of a woman whose ex-boyfriend posted
revenge porn. She used the term digital domestic violence which it is.
What a horrible experience to try to remove it from
the internet…no laws, no international policy and no cyber civil rights. She
was successful but spent a lot of money…Next, I watch a video that offers a
solution for email privacy…Proton email.
Yes, I agree we have lost our idea of privacy especially after watching
all the videos. Privacy is fundamental to a free society. So why are our toys
spying on us? The next video was really
frightening, a doll who could allow anyone to listen in our conversations. Security flaw or on purpose??
So why are we not more upset about the news that
Amazon is listening in our people’s conversations in their houses through
ALEXA??? I know I will be unplugging mine. See below for helpful hints to limit
Alexa…if you trust Amazon.
It’s hard not to be concerned by all the invasion of
privacy that is occurring these days even if you don’t have anything to hide.
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