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

On Thu, 20 Feb 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:

Many are the "friends" I have left behind because they could not be bothered to
contact me through phone or email. Since I am not on FB, and since their only
way of interacting is through FB and whatsapp, they simply faded out of my life,
and to be honest, weren't much friends to begin with.

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Same here!  I ``lost'' many.
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The ones who remain, I call real friends, because they do bother to shoot me an
sms or an email from time to time, and likewise, I do give them a call.

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Same here and this does make me happy.  So it turns out that we've sort
of optimized life a bit and increased the security level.  We don't need
to waste time with non-friends and found some real ones.  That's a hack. :)

Amen! Quite an efficiency hack! =D Another "security" hack I have implemented
for my father is that I have forbidden him from getting government digital ID on
his smart phone. This is very funny, because once scammers called him and told
some kind of story that ended with them asking him to confirm what ever they
wanted by opening the digital ID app (this is how most old people get scammed
where I live) and he told them that he doesn't have it, due to security
reasons...
... the scammers sighed heavily and just hung up. =D

So I find this to be a hueg benefit! I am also lucky because I run my
own company, so my business partners know that if they want to reach
me, they have 2 options, email or phone, and all of them accept that.

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Nice to hear you run your own business.

Yes, it is the best thing that has ever happened to me except for my wife. I am
truly blessed and am very thankful for it every single day. =)

Last, but not least, let us not forget that friends is not a static
concept, there are always plenty of ways to meet new friends in life
if one feels the need and has the motivation. =)

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Exactly.

Amen!