[bestbits] Big Data - big problem

[Ian Peter]

I think corporate and governmental surveillance and unregulated use of our personal data is a huge issue. This article from Bruce Schneier gives a lot of good background on how bad things are - in an earlier essay he likened the problem to the pollution of the early industrial era which went unregulated until it became a massive uncontrollable problem. 

We really do have to get on top of this one - and unfortunately large internet corporations whose profit is dependent on using our personal data and governments of differing political persuasions who are part of alliances that give unregulated permission to do anything to their surveillance communities are not going to help. Big problem...

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/20/opinion/schneier-stalker-economy/index.html


Ian Peter

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