Privacy and Security Aren’t Opposites and Google as Tool
January 24th, 2008 by Michael Gray in Random ThoughtsIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Read my top posts or learn more about Michael Gray. Want more frequent updates follow me on Twitter. Thanks for visiting!
You know I speak against the Google machine a lot, sure some of it is good theatre, but deep down our Google overlords and the church of google can get two powerful. Here’s and article from wired that knock it out of the park:
You can see it in comments by government officials: “Privacy no longer can mean anonymity,” says Donald Kerr, principal deputy director of national intelligence. “Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguard people’s private communications and financial information.” Did you catch that? You’re expected to give up control of your privacy to others, who — presumably — get to decide how much of it you deserve. That’s what loss of liberty looks like.
and remember when Google has done all the leg work they become a very attractive target to government for data mining
In order for cyberspace to be policed, internet activity will have to be closely monitored. Ed Giorgio, who is working with McConnell on the plan, said that would mean giving the government the authority to examine the content of any e-mail, file transfer or Web search. “Google has records that could help in a cyber-investigation,” he said. Giorgio warned me, “We have a saying in this business: ‘Privacy and security are a zero-sum game.’”
scary stuff …
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January 24th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
That’s surely creepy. This must be what people using the web in China must feel like every day of their lives.
January 24th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Careful, Michael …Matt is watching.
January 24th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
this post took me a few hours to read. church of google link = end of my day. that’s funny funny stuff.
January 24th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Unfortunately, things seem to go in the direction that Cory Doctorow well described in his short story, “Scroogled”. I think that the question we should all ask ourselves is: How did we allow things to reach this point? If we put direct marketing and selling aside, why does data have to be harvested? Do we really live in a world where there is a need for this? As Jack said, do we want to live like an Internet user in China does? WTF? What is worrying is that most people don’t give a s*it about these kinds of developements. They just do whatever amuses them, buy whatever they think they need. Oh well, I think I should just go along and concentrate myself on selling wagons of viagra, penis enlargement pills and mortgage refinance plans, instead of worrying and discussing.
January 25th, 2008 at 1:12 am
I always figured that if I hadn’t done anything wrong, I had nothing to hide.
Then, I either found out that some of the things I was doing were now considered “wrong” or that some of the things that I wanted to do, that didn’t hurt anybody mind you, were also considered “wrong”.
Then I realised that The Man will always try to keep me down, so now, to fight back…
I write funny things about it. Rock on.