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Back in 1999, Scott McNealy CEO of Sun Microsystem uttered the famous quote, “You already have zero privacy. Get over it.” Do you think things are any better nearly two decades later?
I know from a long career in telecommunications and computer networking, you have zero privacy.
I don't post my every move on Facebook, and I don't tweet from every restaurant I visit. But I don't go out of my way to run and hide either. I would rather you hear me pitch my view of who I am and why I am on Quora, instead of visiting one of the many websites offering to sell you anything you want to know about me. Even a simple search can turn up previous addresses and unlisted phone numbers.
I have been accused of blatant self promotion from time to time on social media. I admit to it. I feed the internet with information about me. I believe that a strong defense is to lead with a strong offense. That's not a football strategy, that's my view of dealing with social media.
I have written a lot over the years about internet legislation. Right now there are many arguments over net neutrality that stir up privacy issues into the mix, but they are another area in the fight to control the internet.
Are you using an email provider like Gmail? Did you know email stored on a third party's servers for over 180 days is considered to be abandoned, and law enforcement agencies only need to provide a written statement certifying that the information is relevant to an investigation in order to obtain the content of such emails. - See more at: http://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2017/02/the-email-privacy-act.html
There are those who will tell you how you can hide your identity on the internet. I must really be cynical, because I wouldn't trust my life on that assumption, as explained in this Washington Post article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/10/05/the-nsa-is-trying-to-crack-tor-the-state-department-is-helping-pay-for-it/
Here's a few more articles as well to get you thinking…
Scott McNealy on privacy: You still don't have any http://www.pcworld.com/article/2941052/scott-mcnealy-on-privacy-you-still-dont-have-any
https://engineering.stanford.edu/news/you-are-less-anonymous-web-you-think-much-less
Time Warner accused of violating net neutrality http://thehill.com/policy/technology/245811-time-warner-cable-faces-net-neutrality-complaint
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