Topic: Life
Eben Moglen, a digital privacy advocate, chastises the reporter in this interview on how we all need to stop using social media. Each social media post we make creates a record of our movements and encourages others to make such records. This results in bigger and bigger central databases that amount to a massive spy/surveillance system far worse than any KGB or what-have-you. Got me scared enough to post here to my blog instead of right to FB.
The next question is to what degree does one trust that things will just end up working out ok, or should one really worry about these issues. So far, I figured our info is all out there in cyberspace anyway - everytime we use a credit card, or debit card we leave a trail. Just watch a crime show and see how they find the criminals. Had not really thought in terms of 'the powers that be' and their possible exploitation of such records.
Not sure I have the guts to stop using social media.
