On May 9, 2014, at 4:42, Ximin Luo <[email protected]> wrote:
On 09/05/14 02:31, Anthony Papillion wrote:
On 05/08/2014 08:23 PM, Doug Schuler wrote:
Realistically we need to develop an entire suite of publicly owned
tools. Could the development and implementation be massively
distributed?
Or is it over? We lost all the other media....
"In just a few short years, starting in 1998, this company has
grown to employ almost 50,000 people worldwide, generated sixty
billion dollars in revenue last year, and has a current market
capitalization of more than 350 billion dollars. Google is not only
the biggest search engine in the world, but along with Youtube (the
second biggest search engine in the world) it also has the largest
video platform, with Chrome the biggest browser, with Gmail the
most widely used e-mail provider, and with Android the biggest
operating system for mobile devices." From: An open letter to
Eric Schmidt: Why we fear Google
I fear we've already lost. I used to think that it would just take
some sort of major scandal to wake people up to the fact that
relinquishing their privacy wasn't such a good idea. Then, I thought,
they'd stand up in outrage and take their privacy back with
pitchforks. Then Snowden showed up and nothing really happened. Most
people didn't actually change the things they do because, well, it's
not convenient.
I see a future where the world, not just the digital world, is
divided
into two camps: those who are technically literate and willing to
take
the sometimes inconvenient steps to protect their privacy and those
who aren't. The first group will be in the minority but will enjoy
privacy and anonymity while the second group will be pretty much at
the mercy of whoever can figure out how to access their data.
Please stop moaning and do something about it instead.
I don't see it as moaning. If we are going to fight back, we need to
look at reality. The reality us that I can write all the software I
want and I can rah-rah team all day but none of that is going to make
people care or get invested in their own privacy.
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