24th
Online Privacy
In Bruce Schneier’s latest opinion piece for CNN.com, “U.S. enables Chinese hacking of Google”, he says the American government allowed the Chinese attack on Google. It is a must read: http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/23/schneier.google.hacking/ “*This problem isn’t going away. Every year brings more Internet censorship and control, not just in countries like China and Iran but in the U.S., the U.K., Canada and other free countries, egged on by both law enforcement trying to catch terrorists, child pornographers and other criminals and by media companies trying to stop file sharers.*” Is this why Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg reversed his stance of privacy? Was he thinking it’s better to surrender privacy voluntarily than to have it taken away, without your consent or knowledge? If you knew the world could see what you posted (future employers, parents, future parents in-law, etc), would that change what you post on Facebook? Personally, I think freedom and privacy are of the utmost importance and worth fighting for, however, the cynic in me thinks that the latter is an illusion, especially online, thereby making the former one as well.
