TriumphantGeorge

...softly?

One of the great problems of technology is that our information is distant from our direct experience and is not instance restricted - but we still tend to think of a message as a "thing" like a physical letter, even as we share it. All that "hidden back end" stuff that is out of our control (or perception) can change dramatically in terms of its structure and who has access, without us knowing. Corporations and governments and 'interested parties' inevitably collude for economic and political power.

Can regulation really make much difference when it is easy to present a 'good face' while continuing to collude? Aren't we essentially reliant on whistleblowers now?

Thanks, good point about EFF, and the book looks good.

There is also the hope that we are currently in a time where public knowledge is lagging - but the new wave of kids will be much more savvy about these things. Just think of how the image of computers has changed over the last 10 years (nerd/geek mocking -> an unthinking essential to how life works). Plus, Raspberry Pi.

Young folk may be apparently casual about privacy, but they are also smart and have no time for corporate/government/manipulative nonsense!