Re: On privacy and cloud services

Dnia piątek, 14 czerwca 2013 o 17:45:01 Daniel Smith napisał(a):
> Yes, Blaise, but that's the fascinating thing about these concepts.
> If you added up all the ignorance or missing part of reality in people's
> perceptions...
> 
> :)
> 
> The thing is, I've thought about these issues for a long time, not
> particularly on the topic of government spying, but more so about the
> financial world.
> It's kind of like the area of food quality, it's amazing how quickly a
> tipping point of concern by the public can be accomplished or rolls out on
> its own.
> I have a friend who I used to work with (at Verizon, of all places).
> She pretty much used to write on blogs about feminine beauty products,
> articles about stuff like that.
> Then I merely mentioned to her once about the dangers of those products,
> the actual history of acetone used in women's nail remover, for example,
> and referenced the documentary Food, Inc, to her, and now she runs (two!)
> social groups about food and environmental quality on FB. And they are
> growing and on a curve I can testify. And lots of influential people, not
> just the grungy fringe.
> The same could easily happen to personal data if someone made the case(s).

I agree completely, and there is no better time than now.

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Pozdrawiam
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak

Fundacja Wolnego i Otwartego Oprogramowania

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