I'm curious to know what you think privacy's real threats are, then?
I had two motivations in giving this talk. One was to explore the shift in where data accumulates and is collected on the internet. The other was to explore the concept of "choice," in terms of how these technologies are subsequently presented to us.
Given the events of the past year, along with the CALEA II conversations that have recently begun in DC, it doesn't seem particularly alarmist to start having a conversation about these things.
I'm not sure whether you watched the talk or not, but my premise isn't that everyone should stop using Google or Facebook, as you seem to assume. Because I don't actually believe that's even possible. Or at least, that it's not a simple choice.
I found your talk to be one of the more pragmatic takes on current challenges to privacy that I've heard for precisely this reason. While people can and sometimes do choose to opt-out, I've never been personally comfortable with the high costs of doing so. It's a neat research agenda to start from that observation and try to mitigate the cost to privacy.
I had two motivations in giving this talk. One was to explore the shift in where data accumulates and is collected on the internet. The other was to explore the concept of "choice," in terms of how these technologies are subsequently presented to us.
Given the events of the past year, along with the CALEA II conversations that have recently begun in DC, it doesn't seem particularly alarmist to start having a conversation about these things.
I'm not sure whether you watched the talk or not, but my premise isn't that everyone should stop using Google or Facebook, as you seem to assume. Because I don't actually believe that's even possible. Or at least, that it's not a simple choice.