Re: [PLUG] car tracking

[Rich Freeman via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 2:51 PM Keith via plug
<plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
>
> We still need better privacy laws in America but that is a non-technical issue...
>

I've gone on this rant before, but I actually think we're in a
transition period before we reach a state of zero privacy.  The lack
of privacy isn't actually the problem.  The problem is that our
culture is all designed around having privacy and now we really just
have an illusion of privacy.

Imagine a world where there was no clothing.  It probably wouldn't be
any different from the world we live in.  However, if you were to step
outside your house today wearing only your natural garments you'd
certainly cause a stir.  The problem is that you stand out and are
outside the norms.

Privacy allows us to choose how we want everybody around us to see us.
Without privacy they would just see us how we really are, and
everybody else would be in the same situation.  Today losing your
privacy causes problems because we don't live in a culture where this
is the norm.

The reason I think it will become the norm is that privacy is just
information security, and information wants to be free.  Eventually it
will be so cheap to collect and disseminate, you won't be able to stop
it.  Of course, that may be one or more lifetimes in the future.
Eventually though everybody will know everything about everybody, and
will have to figure out how to deal with this.  Employers will no
longer be able to find any candidates with pasts that are free of
blemishes, so they'll stop worrying about this.  And so on...

Oh, and maybe somebody will finally figure out that keeping credit
card numbers secret is a really stupid authentication system...

-- 
Rich
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