Comment by alexvaut

6 years ago

Thanks for the links, so from Bruce Schneier, the problem needs to be taken care of by citizens (politic) like it was done for many industries (car, food, pharma...). Except that this is going to be much more complex in the information era where everything is a computer. Hence there is a need to have tech people in the public sector to help decisions to be wisely made. Enforcing the rules is the only way to make the industry to change, in this case, in terms of security and privacy.

However I tend to think I have more power as a consumer than as a citizen. I spent dollars everyday while I vote every 2 years. It seems that since there is no other way, the last resort is to go through the political way. I'm happy we have governments but still, I'm convinced there is a way to convince consumer. Do you ?

I personally agree with Schneier. I don't see how BigTech can be made to respect privacy given the current status quo and the data wars. I think regulation and government intervention is very much necessary at this point.

In some instances, BigTech, BigTelco, and govts have incentives aligned (surveillance and censorship), so its paramount for folks part of the tech industry to help steer the conversation and laws.