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Privacy will not exist in 10 years, Pew survey of tech experts says
Privacy will not exist in 10 years, Pew survey of tech experts says.
A Pew Research Center survey of over 2,500 technology industry professionals and experts found that over half believe there will not be a “secure, popularly accepted and trusted privacy-rights infrastructure” in place in 10 years.
The “Future of Privacy” survey found that 55 percent of the 2,511 experts polled do not agree that there will be a system in place allowing people to decide how their information will be shared while also letting companies make money, according to Top Tech News.
This comes as some have claimed that privacy is dead and has been for quite a while. Others are claiming that the public should just accept the lack of privacy as the new norm.
One executive at a top-level domain name operator, who spoke anonymously, reflected that perspective.
“Big data equals big business,” the anonymous executive said to Pew. “Those special interests will continue to block any effective public policy work to ensure security, liberty and privacy online.”
While that may be the case for the United States, some European countries are taking a stand for online privacy and the rights of consumers to control how their personal information is used.
Your Confidential Emails Aren’t As Secure As You Think | Neil Seeman
Your Confidential Emails Aren’t As Secure As You Think | Neil Seeman.
Pity Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment. An anonymous group calling itself Guardians of Peace exposed her thousands of emails to the world.
Ms. Pascal is a member of a large club of senior executives, many of whom are anonymous. Perhaps due to embarrassment, they have not stepped forward to admit to a demonstrable and dangerous truth: email is not secure.
Email is like mailing a postcard — anyone with physical access to it along the way can read it.
Many older people cannot understand why younger people use social networks to publish so much personal information for so many to easily access permanently.
At the same time, however, older people regularly transmit confidential information by email. Astonishingly, even lawyers, accountants, political leaders and financial professionals transmit highly confidential information by email.
Government documents reveal telecom providers envision surveillance-ready networks: Geist | Toronto Star
After years of failed bills, public debate and considerable controversy, lawful access legislation received royal assent earlier this week.
Bill C-13 lumped together measures designed to combat cyberbullying with a series of new warrants to enhance police investigative powers, generating criticism from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, civil liberties groups and some prominent victims rights advocates. They argued that the government should have created cyberbullying safeguards without sacrificing privacy.
While the bill would have benefited from some amendments, it remains a far cry from earlier versions that featured mandatory personal information disclosure without court oversight and required Internet providers to install extensive surveillance and interception capabilities within their networks.
The mandatory disclosure of subscriber information rules, which figured prominently in earlier lawful access bills, were gradually reduced in scope and ultimately eliminated. A recent Supreme Court ruling raised doubt about the constitutionality of the provisions.
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Congress Just Passed Legislation Ramping Up Mass Surveillance to Super-Steroid Levels Washington’s Blog
Fascist Power Grab Wipes out 4th Amendment
Remember how Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to mass surveillance, and how the government promised to rein in spying on Americans?
Instead, Congress snuck a provision into the Intelligence Authorization Act which will ramp up spying on us normal, average, innocent Americans.
Congressman Justin Amash explains:
When I learned that the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY 2015 was being rushed to the floor for a vote—with little debate and only a voice vote expected (i.e., simply declared “passed” with almost nobody in the room)—I asked my legislative staff to quickly review the bill for unusual language. What they discovered is one of the most egregious sections of law I’ve encountered during my time as a representative:
Itgrants the executive branch virtually unlimited access to the communications of every American.
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Canadian Government Was Worried About Disclosure Of Telecom Surveillance Info: Memo
Canadian Government Was Worried About Disclosure Of Telecom Surveillance Info: Memo.
OTTAWA – A move by telecommunications firms to be more forthcoming with the public about their role in police and spy surveillance could divulge “sensitive operational details,” a senior Public Safety official warned in a classified memo.
Company efforts to reveal more about police and intelligence requests — even the disclosure of broad numbers — would require “extensive consultations with all relevant stakeholders,” wrote Lynda Clairmont, senior assistant deputy minister for national and cybersecurity.
Clairmont’s note, released under the Access to Information Act, provided advice to deputy minister Francois Guimont on the eve of his one-hour April 17 meeting with representatives of Telus Corp. to discuss specifically what information the company was allowed to tell the public about electronic surveillance activities.
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