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RELATED POSTINGS
2018-11-16 Surveillance Kills Freedom By Killing Experimentation, Bruce Schneier. from “The End of Trust”.
In my book Data and Goliath, I write about the value of privacy. I talk about how it is essential for political liberty and justice, and for commercial fairness and equality. I talk about how it increases personal freedom and individual autonomy, and how the lack of it makes us all less secure. But this is probably the most important argument as to why society as a whole must protect privacy: it allows society to progress.
We know that surveillance has a chilling effect on freedom. People change their behavior when they live their lives under surveillance. They are less likely to speak freely and act individually. They self-censor. They become conformist. This is obviously true for government surveillance, but is true for corporate surveillance as well. We simply aren’t as willing to be our individual selves when others are watching.
2018-11-12 My reply to “StatsCan plan to scoop customer spending data from banks”
2018-11-11 The law that lets Europeans take back their data from big tech companies, CBS 60 Minutes.
2018-11-08 Senator ‘repelled’ by StatsCan plan to scoop customer spending data from banks, IT World Canada
2016-08-23 MK Ultra: CIA mind control program in Canada (1980) – The Fifth Estate