Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy

On Sun, 16 Feb 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:

D <nospam@example.net> writes:
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On Sun, 16 Feb 2025, Retrograde wrote:
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From the «doom I say» department:
Title: Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy’s still screwed
Author: Iain Thomson
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 15:44:13 +0000
Link: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/02/15/interview_bruce_schneier/
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'In 50 years, I think we'll view these business practices like we view
sweatshops today'
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Interview  It has been nearly a decade since famed cryptographer and privacy
expert Bruce Schneier released the book Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to
Collect Your Data and Control Your World - an examination of how government
agencies and tech giants exploit personal data. Today, his predictions feel
eerily accurate.…
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Yes, it is difficult to be optimistic about privacy in this day and
age. =(

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Legislation has always been slow.  The industry has always taken
advantage of that.  We just need to say no---if we knew how to.
Optimistically, we'll get there, but, of course, by then the industry
will most likely have found another niche somewhere else.
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I'm more scared about the government than the industry. With industry I always have the choice of not using it, and they depend on customers, so in the end, that protects me.
The government on the other hand, is based ultimately on violence and is an inherently unethical and revolting institution, and so are the people working for it promoting its power. This is what scares me the most.