[LAU] Look ma, I'm in the paper :)

[Louigi Verona]

I would also agree that a lot of modern technology is beginning to invade
our privacy. I just think that alarmist slogans of us versus them is
unhelpful. We have to rationally define the problem and then proceed to
rationally solve it. Running around with "don't use Windows, credit cards
and iPhones are evil" is of no help. It just alienates the public and
creates an impression that all concerned parties are just lunatics and
suffer from paranoia. In reality, the challenge of privacy vs big data is
very serious.




On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 3:09 PM, jonetsu <jonetsu at teksavvy.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Nov 2016 13:48:17 +0000
> Fons Adriaensen <fons at linuxaudio.org> wrote:
>
> > Interesting or not, it's a misrepresentation of people who think
> > like that, a typical simplification to black and white categories.
> > Things are bit more subtle. Payments not being anonymous is in
> > itself nothing evil. But when that lack of anonimity is used to
> > systematically collect data on people's purchasing habits and
> > interests, and that data is then sold to whoever is prepared to
> > pay for it, then it can become something 'evil' very easily.
>
> Going out of the scope of Linux music/audio, selling to other companies
> is a little 'evil'. A larger evil is the hacking of data.
>
> The trend is though about knowing more about the public.  Currently for
> instance there are concerns about anonymity and the implementation of
> the forthcoming V2X protocol.  Although I would not be surprised that
> it 'ends up' that posts on the highway will know more about you when
> they scan your new car.  We have all seen large advertisement displays
> on highways now reacting to cars driving by.  Hey you in the white
> Audi, do you want to get this new coffee maker ?  When will it be that
> licenses plates are read in the distance, correlations are made in a
> snap and bam, the large advertisement display has something exactly for
> you when you drive by.
>
> --
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>      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwtGryaej3o
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